Building record 0218701000 - BARN AT REAR OF THE GEORGE

Summary

Fifteenth or early sixteenth century timber-framed barn, probably originally a court-house, behind The George Inn

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II*) 1124795: BARN AT REAR OF THE GEORGE PUBLIC HOUSE

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Type and Period (3)

  • BARN (15th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1599 AD)
  • COURT HOUSE? (15th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1599 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (15th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD? to 1599 AD?)

Description

Grade II+. C15 or early C16, probably a court house. Timber-framed with brick panels, colourwashed on yard side. Old tile roof. Two storeyed, the upper floor originally jettied on the yard side. External stair, roof carried down over entrance to first floor. Modern casements, several blocked small moulded wooden mullioned original windows visible. Interior: chamfered arch-braced tie beam trusses, notably fourth from south end. Other trusses with curved braces, and curved windbraces to purlins. RCHM I p174 MON.14 (B3).
Included in Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register in 2015-2023. Described as in poor condition and priority category C: 'Slow decay; no solution agreed'; in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 condition described as very bad (B4-12).

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. pp174-175.
  • <3>SBC19433 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p52.
  • <4>SBC24601 Digital archive: Historic England. 2015. Heritage at Risk Register 2015.
  • <5>SBC24775 Digital archive: Historic England. 2016. Heritage at Risk Register 2016. p7.
  • <6>SBC24932 Digital archive: Historic England. 2017. Heritage at Risk Register 2017.
  • <7>SBC25083 Digital archive: Historic England. 2018. Heritage at Risk Register 2018.
  • <8>SBC25245 Digital archive: Historic England. 2019. Heritage at Risk Register 2019. p132.
  • <9>SBC25497 Digital archive: Historic England. 2020. Heritage at Risk Register 2020.
  • <10>SBC25511 Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. Heritage at Risk Register 2021.
  • <11>SBC25896 Digital archive: Historic England. 2022. Heritage at Risk Register 2022.
  • <12>SBC26583 Digital archive: Historic England. 2023. Heritage at Risk Register 2023.

Location

Grid reference SP 89538 01118 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Oct 13 2024 11:17PM

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