Description

SU 79 SE
3/129

HAMBLEDEN
SKIRMETT
Ramblers and The Old School

GV
II
Two houses, The Old School built as chapel of ease, then school. Ramblers is C17, remodelled early-mid C19. Flint with brick dressings and dentil eaves, all whitewashed. Old tile roof, C17 thin brick chimney to left, small later stack to right. Two storeys and attic, two bays. Wooden casements with single horizontal glazing bars, three-light to ground floor with segmental bonded heads, two-light to first floor. Lower right window is old, remainder C20. Central gabled porch of whitewashed brick with board door. Small C18 gabled wing to rear with slight timbering. Rear also has attic dormers and C20 extension.

The Old School to right is mid C19, altered 1970s. Flint with brick dressings, steeply pitched tiled roof. Now two storeys, one gabled bay to road. Ground floor has pointed arched door to left with hoodmould on off-set imposts, and C20 wooden casement in rebuilt wall to right. Upper storey has C19 pointed brick relieving arch, three small leaded roundels, blocked heads of two lancets, and small bellcote with cusped gable. Inserted C20 two-light wooden casement. Small lancets with Caernarvon arches to sides.

Interior of Ramblers has timber framing in cross walls.

Listing NGR: SU7753990225

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26418651

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)