Coombe Farmhouse

Date:
13 Sep 2002
Location:
Coombe Farmhouse, Coombe Lane, Hughenden, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14 4QR
Reference:
IOE01/00070/23
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

HUGHENDEN COOMBE LANE SU 89 NE (NAPHILL) 4/78 Coombe Farmhouse

1.12.78

GV II

House. Late C16, much rebuilt C19 and late 1970s. Flint with brick dressings, old tile roofs, rebuilt central brick chimney. U-plan. 2 centre bays have one storey and attic; flanking gabled cross wings are of 2storeys.

C20 3-light barred wooden casements to outer bays and to right of centre.

Attic window in third bay is set in gabled eaves-line dormer; other windows have segmental heads. Wide flush-panelled top-lit door to left of centre, originally to cross passage. Another gabled bay to left, formerly dairy; flint and brick extensions projecting to right, formerly farm buildings.

Rear completely rebuilt after fire in mid 1970s. Interior: some timber framing survives in cross wings; right cross wing has 2-bay upper chamber with curved braces to tie beam, queen strut truss, and ogee wind-braces in front bay, the rear bay renewed. Centre bays probably once a hall but central truss has been altered.

RCHM I. p.210-211. MON. 6.

Listing NGR: SU8561096780

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0595 IOE Records taken by Margaret I G Dixon; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mrs Margaret I.G. Dixon. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Dixon, Margaret I.G.

Rights Holder: Dixon, Margaret I.G.

Keywords

Brick, Flint, Tile, Timber, Tudor Hall House, Elizabethan Monument (By Form), House, Domestic, Dwelling, Timber Framed House, Timber Framed Building, Dairy, Agriculture And Subsistence, Food And Drink Processing Site, Agricultural Building, Farm Building