Description

885 CHURCH LANE
(West Side) BOCKING
Nos 35 to 39 (odd)
(formerly listed as Nos 35 and 37)
TL 7524 4/56 25.10.51.
II*

Formerly "The Tabor House". John Bunyan is said to have stayed here. It is
an early C16 timber-framed and plastered house with a late C16 south part and
a gable at the north end. 2 storeys. The upper storey is jet tied on the whole front, with a moulded and carved bressumer on curved and moulded brackets springing from attached shafts with capitals. The ground storey has exposed timber framing. 4 window range, casements, some with old leaded lights. There is a c16 doorway with a 4-centered arch in a square head. Roof tiled with a C16 central chimney stack with fluted shafts and moulded brick caps, on a square base. (The original stack has been rebuilt on the old model). The interior has exposed beams and some original features. RCHM (20).

Listing NGR: TL7596424424

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557644

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)