Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 29 August 2023 to amend description including date of construction and addition of reference to selected sources and to reformat the text to current standards.

SP 8633 4/23

BLETCHLEY
CHURCH GREEN ROAD (north side)
Bletchley Rectory Cottages and Museum

II*
The hall dates back to 1475 and the cottage pair of 1618. Moved to present site in 1618. Half timbered L-plan former cottage pair with hall adjoining to north-west. The buildings have been restored, brick and plaster infill weatherboarding to hall. Steep pitch gable end old tile roofs. Brick chimneys C18. Two-light leaded wood casements. Renewed doorways. The hall has a finely preserved hammerbeam roof in three bays.

HISTORIC NOTE: the date of the hall has been updated (formerly dated in the List entry to 1447) on the basis of dendrochronological survey of timbers from the hall being dated to 1475-76, as recorded in Allan T Adams, Peter Jarvis and Edward Legg.(1988)

Listing NGR: SP8632633620

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17552039

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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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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)