Description

HUGHENDEN HUGHENDEN PARK
SU 89 NE

4/92 The Church House (formerly
listed as Almshouses
southwest of Church)
21.6.55

GV II

House, formerly almshouses. C17, altered and extended early C19,
refurbished C20. 3 centre bays have flint plinth, C19 chequer brick to
ground floor, and half-timbering with rendered infill and arched braces
above. Timber framing and brick to rear. Outer bays are brick and flint
extensions. All bays have small brick gables. Old tile roof, brick
chimneys to left and centre rear, the latter with 2 rebuilt diagonal
shafts. 1 1/2 storeys, 5 bays. C20 leaded casements, 3-light to ground
floor, 2-light in gables. Pairs of C20 board doors between bays 2 and 3
and between bays 4 and 5. All ground floor openings have C19 rendered
Tudor hoodmoulds linked by narrow rendered string. Small single-storey
extension to left. Stone plaque records endowment of Ellen, Countess
Conyngham, d.1816. Originally given as almshouses by Dormer family.
RCHM I.p.210. MON.2.

Listing NGR: SU8636595490

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26418732

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)