Description

SU 79 SE WEST WYCOMBE RURAL WHEELER END

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Huckenden Farmhouse

GV
II

House. Late C16-C17, altered, with later C17-C18 gabled cross
wing to left and C19-C20 range at angle to right, refurbished C20.
Flint with brick dressings, dentil eaves, old tile roofs, brick
chimney to centre of cross wing. Earliest part is of one storey and
an attic, with 2 gabled bays and lobby entry in central half bay.
Central chimney removed above roof-line. C20 leaded casements, C20
door in lean-to timber porch. Cross wing is of 2 storeys and an attic
and has similar casements in altered openings with brick Tudor
hoodmoulds. Left side has small central gable with staircase windows
and C20 lean-to porch. Some slight timber framing with brick infill
in rear gable and to upper walls of right side. To right of original
part is a later bay with another C20 door in lean-to porch, and a long
single storey wing, formerly outbuildings, set at an angle with matching
casements, garage doors and gabled bay at right end. Interior: C16-C17
bays have timber framed cross walls, chamfered spine beams and stop-
chamfered joists, and good curved wind-braces. Winder stairs to centre
of cross wing.
RCHM I p. 320 Mon. 18.

Listing NGR: SU7998593131

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26596608

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]