The Cruke
THE CRUKE, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1180603
- Date first listed:
- 24-Apr-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Cruke
- Statutory Address:
- THE CRUKE, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1180603
- Date first listed:
- 24-Apr-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Cruke
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE CRUKE, HIGH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE CRUKE, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Thame
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 70357 06122
Details
THAME HIGH STREET SP7006SW (South-west side) 8/100 The Cruke 24/04/51
GV II
House. Probably early C17, incorporating C16 cruck frame to left return. Rendered plinth; large timber framing with rendered infill; thatch roof; brick ridge stack to left of centre. Originally 3-unit lobby-entry plan, 2-storey, 6-bay range. Plank door to right of centre. Blocked doorway to left of centre. Irregular fenestration of casements, all with leaded lights. Window to first floor right of centre has diagonally set wood mullions. Left return: C16 cruck frame, probably formerly part of demolished adjoining cottage. C20 porch, to left, with C20 plank door. Interior: open fireplaces to ground floor left and centre, chamfered spine beams with ogee end stops to ground floor. Queen post roof construction. Fragmentary remains of C17 wall paintings to dining room at ground floor centre. (Information from S.O.D.C.; N.W. Alcock: Cruck Construction: C.B.A. Report 42: 1981, p141)
Listing NGR: SP7035706122
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 248530
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Alcock, N W, Council for British Archaeology Research Report in Cruck Construction An Introduction And Catalogue, (1981), 141
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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