Description

BUCKINGHAM

SP6933 MITRE STREET
879-1/6/119 No.1
03/04/73 Mitre Cottage
(Formerly Listed as:
MITRE STREET
Mitre Cottage)

GV II

House. Probably C15 altered C17 and C19. Timber-framed with
C20 roughcast cement render over earlier lime render to front,
thatch roof and brick ridge and front lateral stack. 3-bay
hall house originally consisting of 2-bay open hall with
2-storey service bay. Hall sub-divided horizontally early C17,
and stone stack inserted to give a 2-unit through passage
plan.
2-storey, 3-window range. C19 six-panel door to left of centre
with glazed top panels and straight hood on shaped brackets. A
3-light C20 casement window to ground floor right and 8-pane
sash window to ground floor left, both with narrow straight
hoods on small shaped brackets. Rear elevation has close
studding to first floor and a single-storey extension to rear
left and rear right.
INTERIOR: house has full cruck trusses either end and to left
of centre, all closed trusses with collars and saddles bearing
ridge piece. Truss to right of centre formerly to middle of
open hall is smoke-blackened and has curved chamfered braces
to tie beam, which has 2 chamfers divided by channel. King
strut to collar flanked by diagonal struts, similar
arrangement above collar with thin King strut and saddle to
principals bearing ridge piece. 2 tiers of wind-braced
purlins, with chamfers, the lower tier trenched. Open
fireplace has stop-chamfered bressumer. Stop-chamfered spine
beam to main ground floor room with some original
stop-chamfered joists. Corner fireplace to ground-floor room
to left of entrance passage. Winder stair to 1st floor.
Part of house has been a butcher's shop and was formerly
joined to a cottage to right, demolished C20 for
road-widening. Cottage formed L-plan with surviving house and
was probably C17.

Listing NGR: SP6925633350

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497118

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)