Building record 1200600000 - 10 CHURCH STREET

Summary

Fifteenth or sixteenth century house refronted in the eighteenth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II*) 1160097: NO 10 CHURCH STREET (DBC3532)

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Type and Period (1)

  • HOUSE (15th Century to 19th Century - 1400 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II+. C15 or C16 structure behind C18 front. Two storeys and attic. Dark red brick with lighter dressings and window surrounds. Stuccoed string at first floor level. Deep coved stucco cornice. Three wide gabled dormers, C19, Old tile roof. Six windows on first floor in moulded frames, no glazing bars, with projecting rubber brick heads, the main cornice broken forward slightly above each pair of windows. Each window has a stuccoed apron, curved at sides, and carried down to string. Five similar windows, but flush heads and no aprons, on ground floor, and eight-panel door in panelled reveal with architrave surround, plain frieze, moulded cornice and pediment. Interior has two panelled rooms (now one) and two Adam type fireplaces. Carriage entry at side with large double 8-panel doors. Nos 8 to 12 (even) and No 16 from a group (B1).

The Chantry, No.8 Church Street, is two-storeyed with an attic over part of the house, and a cellar. It was possibly built in the mid-C16th, but early in the C18th, additions were made at the rear, and in the C19th, the front was covered with plaster and altered. The roofs are tiled. Condition - Good (B3).
A C15th structure refronted early in the C19th. Grade II* (B4).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC3590 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest:Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale: Aylesbury. p21.
  • <2>SBC29502 Bibliographic reference: Hugh Hanley. 2000. Thomas Hickman's Charity: A Tercentenary History 1698-1998.
  • <3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p34.
  • <4>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire.
  • <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 2004.

Location

Grid reference SP 81749 13840 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 14 2026 12:39PM

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