Description

SP 8003 PRINCES RISBOROUGH CHURCH STREET

9/162 Library (formerly listed as Fire Services Office) 21.6.55

GV II

Library, formerly a row of cottages, built as one house. C15-early C16, altered C16-early C17 and C19, restored 1938. Timber frame with whitewashed render infill. Ground floor front rebuilt in brick early C19, left gable rebuilt in brick C20 with crow-stepped top. Tiled roof. 1½ storeys, the upper storey jettied to front on beam ends. 4 bays. Irregular barred wooden windows: 3-light horizontal sliding sash to ground floor left, 4-light casement in bay 2, canted bay window in bay 3, long eaves-line dormer with row of 6 small casements in bay 2. Board door to left, C20 double doors recessed in right bay. Interior is open to roof with narrow gallery along S. jettied side. Centre bays originally an open hall, the central truss with chamfered arched braces to collar. Curved braces to flanking tie beam trusses on S. side, N. braces replaced C20. Curved wind-braces in roof. C17 wing to rear has timber-frame with brick infill in gable, and side walls rebuilt in brick. RCHM I p. 271 Mon.12.

Listing NGR: SP8070703482

External Links

• Wikidata Q26418810

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)