| Title: |
Historic Building Recording and Watching Brief: The Barn, 163 High Street, Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire |
| Series: |
Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd unpublished report series
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ADS Terms of Use and Access
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| Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
Between February and May 2010 Archaeological Services and Consultancy Ltd carried out historic building recording and watching brief at The Barn, 163 High Street, Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire as a condition of planning permission for the development of the building. The barn is a 3-bay, 17th century timber framed structure with a late 19th/ early 20th century extension to the southwest. It has been modified on various other occasions including the insertion of windows in the north, east and west walls and the introduction of a mezzanine in the eastern part of Bays 1 and 2. The original entrance to the barn appears to have been at the southern end of the east wall, which now houses a single door with a window above. Ground reduction revealed quantities of 19th century and later bottles, ceramics and building materials, some of which were in the backfill of three small pits. The floor appears to have been largely dug out and replaced to include a concrete layer. Cartographic evidence suggests that the barn may have been part of a complex of buildings forming a courtyard to the rear of the High Street at the end of the 19th century. If this is the case, the yard was short-lived as it was clearly subdivided by 1911. The barn was directly associated with number 159 High Street in the second half of the 20th century, when it was used as a motorcycle repair shop by the inhabitant of number 159. |
| Author: |
Karin Semmelmann
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| Publisher: |
Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd
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| Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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| Year of Publication: |
2010
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| Locations: |
| Site: |
The Barn, 163 High Street, Old Amersham |
| Parish: |
AMERSHAM |
| District: |
Buckinghamshire |
| County: |
Buckinghamshire |
| Country: |
England |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
High Street |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
The Barn 163 High Street Old Amersham Buckinghamshire |
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Grid Reference: 495390, 197490 (Easting, Northing)
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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NONE
(Find)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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BARN
(Monument Type England)
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| Late 19th Early 20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BUILDING SURVEY
(Event)
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| 20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Identifiers: |
| OASIS Id: |
archaeol2-71424 |
| OBIB: |
ASC: 1249/AHS/2 |
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| Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |
