Building record 0240504000 - SAINT JOHN'S HOUSE, MARKET HILL

Summary

Fifteenth century partly timber-framed house rebuilt as schoolmasters house in seventeenth century - The Old Latin House was the house of the master of the Royal Latin School which, from the reign of Edward VI until 1904, occupied the former Chantry Chapel of St John the Baptist. The house adjoins the chapel on the north-west and dates from the 16th or 17th century. The ground floor of the house is built of limestone rubble with, at the rear, timber-framing at the first floor level. At the front, the upper storey was rebuilt in brick, presumably replacing timber-framing, possibly after a fire in 1696. The roof is tiled. The building is five bays long, with three rooms on both floors. The house was extended twice during the 19th century, possibly in response to the growing number of pupils at the School. Most recently, the Old Latin House was a restaurant.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1204936: ST JOHN'S HOUSE (DBC3557)

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Type and Period (4)

  • HOUSE (15th Century to 17th Century - 1400 AD to 1699 AD)
  • TEACHERS HOUSE (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century to 17th Century - 1400 AD to 1699 AD)
  • RESTAURANT (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. Former schoolmaster's house, latterly restaurant. C15, substantially rebuilt in 1695 and altered C20. Originally timber-framed to 1st floor, rebuilt to front in red brick in Flemish bond, ground floor of coursed and uncoursed limestone rubble, plain-tile roof and brick end stacks. 3-unit plan. 2-storey, 4-window range. 6-panel door to left with overlight and wood lintel, flanked by C20 bay windows with hipped plain-tile roofs. A pair of wood mullion and transom windows to ground floor right of centre with wood lintels. Similar windows to 1st floor. 1st-floor storey band, deep chamfered limestone eaves and 3 hipped roof dormer windows. Coursed squared limestone end walls, appearing to left as quoins. Rear wall of uncoursed limestone rubble to ground floor, and timber-framed 1st floor with red brick infill. INTERIOR: moulded spine beam to left ground floor room and large inglenook with bressumer. The building is attached to the north end of The Old Latin School. It was rebuilt after a fire at the cost of Alexander Denton for use as a house for the Master of the Royal Latin School (B7).

Sources (2)

  • <7>SBC23498 Bibliographic reference: Department of National Heritage (DNH). 1994. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Borough of Buckingham. p86.
  • <14>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). BF086268; NBR 86268; NRHE Insert 2000.

Location

Grid reference SP 69566 34032 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Investigation by RCHME/EH Architectural Survey (Ref: 613515) (EBC18798)

Record last edited

May 21 2026 11:43AM

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