Building record 0183905000 - 54 & 56 CHURCH STREET

Summary

Fourteenth century timber-framed house with seventeenth century extension on Church Street, now two houses

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II*) 1332597: NOS 54 & 56 CHURCH STREET

Map

Type and Period (3)

  • HOUSE (14th Century to 19th Century - 1300 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (14th Century - 1300 AD to 1399 AD)
  • SHOP (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0008 m Width 0010
Plan Form - SUBRECTANGULAR
NOW 2 TENEMENTS BUILT C14. TIMBER-FRAMED, WATTLE & DAUB FILLING. ENLARGED C17 IN BRICK (FULL DESCRIPTION) (B1).
Grade II+. Timber framed C14 gabled house enlarged and altered C17. Plaster infilling, old tiled roof with large red brick chimney. Ground floor shop window and bay window, early C19. 1st floor sashes and casements. Gable sash window with original C14 or C15 richly carved wood tracery head. Interior: crown post to roof truss. VCH, III, 203. RCHM Bucks, I, 95. Nos 46 to 58 (even) form a group (B2,B4).
AT NGR (B3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC12750 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P95.
  • <2>SBC11048 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP90 SE11,JAN 1960.
  • <3>SBC10432 Map: OS 1963 1:1250 MAP.
  • <4>SBC3584 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p12.

Location

Grid reference SP 95754 01463 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13577)

Record last edited

May 22 2019 6:50PM

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