Building record 0437310000 - RED LION COTTAGE

Summary

Red Lion Cottage, an early seventeenth century timber-framed house with an eighteenth century extension

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1239358: RED LION COTTAGES (DBC6732)

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0020 m Width 0006
HOUSE OF 2-&-A-HALF TIMBER-FRAMED BAYS, FLANKED BY SEPARATE DWELLINGS OF 1 BAY EACH, ADDED IN LATE C18. IT IS OF 2 FULL STOREYS THROUGHOUT. (HIST. DISCUSSION, DESCRIPTION, GROUND PLAN, SECTIONS & ELEVATIONS) (B4).
Grade II. Early C17 central section, refaced and added to C18; Red brick. Old tile roof hipped at north end. Old brick stack in centre. Six casements to ground floor, two modern glazed doors and two modern enclosed porches with tiled roofs. Six casements to first floor, 2 and 3 light. Interior: central two bays have C17 timber framing and chimney stack with fireplaces on both floors. Remains of original gable window internally (B5).

Sources (3)

  • <3>SBC11853 Bibliographic reference: PHOTOGRAPH IN BCM CAS ENVELOPE FILE 4373.
  • <4>SBC15150 Article in serial: John Chenevix Trench. 1983. 'THE HOUSES OF COLESHILL: THE SOCIAL ANATOMY OF A 17TH CENTURY VILLAGE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 25 PP64-66 & FIG 3. Vol 25. pp75-78; Figs 9-10.
  • <5>SBC19816 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Amersham, Chesham Bois and Coleshill. p109.

Location

Grid reference SU 94823 95088 (point) (Exact)
Civil Parish COLESHILL, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13590)

Record last edited

Jan 7 2011 7:51PM

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