Amersham Museum Wiki http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com/ This wiki is associated with Amersham Museum in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. en http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com/feedlogo.gif PBwiki http://pbwiki.com/ PBwiki 3.7 support@pbwiki.com Troye Cottage http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com/Troye+Cottage email.hidden@example.com (Peter Borrows) Peter Borrows edited Troye Cottage Troye Cottage, at 32 Whielden Street, is a few doors from the Saracen’s Head Inn.
It is a timber-framed, terraced house. Although the timber-frame is not obvious from the street, because it is mostly hidden by a later brick frontage, it is visible in several of the rooms. Three of the rooms have fireplaces across the corner (one an inglenook). Such corner fireplaces seem quite common in Amersham but relatively unusual elsewhere. There is a small cellar (at one time used as a coal cellar) with an odd unglazed “sump” set into the floor at one corner, which sometimes fills up with water. We assume from the style that the house was built in about 1600, with the brick frontage added about a hundred years later, but so far have been unable to obtain any documentary evidence.
ItThe house is certainly shown on A map of Agmondesham (1742) and at the time was not part of the Drake family estate. This is supported by the fact that it was not listed in the auction catalogue of the great ]]> Sat, 31 May 2008 18:09:50 +0000 mod Troye Cottage http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com/Troye+Cottage email.hidden@example.com (Peter Borrows) Peter Borrows edited Troye Cottage]]> Sat, 31 May 2008 12:02:13 +0000 mod Troye Cottage http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com/Troye+Cottage email.hidden@example.com (Peter Borrows) Peter Borrows edited Troye Cottage Ann Harrison, 30;
William Harrison, 2
__Census 1851__Census 1851
Benjamin Baker, 39, journeyman tailor;
Julia Baker, 33;
Eliza Barker, 22, dressmaker;
Julia Sophia Barker, 6.
__Census 1871__Census 1871
Benjamin Barker, 58, tailor;
Julia Barker, 52;
Eliza Barker, 30, dressmaker;
Julia Sophia Barker, 16 dressmaker.
__Census 1881__Census 1881
Frederick Plan, 33, plumber;
Eliza Plan, 33;
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It is a timber-framed, terraced house. Although the timber-frame is not obvious from the street, because it is mostly hidden by a later brick frontage, it is visible in several of the rooms. Three of the rooms have fireplaces across the corner (one an inglenook). Such corner fireplaces seem quite common in Amersham but relatively unusual elsewhere. There is a small cellar (at one time used as a coal cellar) with an odd unglazed “sump” set into the floor at one corner, which sometimes fills up with water. We assume from the style that the house was built in about 1600, with the brick frontage added about a hundred years later, but so far have been unable to obtain any documentary evidence.

It is certainly shown on \'\'A map of Agmondesham\'\' (1742) and at the time was not part of the Drake family estate. This is supported by the fact that it was not listed in the auction catalogue of the great sale of the Drake prope]]> Sat, 31 May 2008 11:44:49 +0000 add School House http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com/School+House email.hidden@example.com (Jonathan Bowen) Jonathan Bowen edited School House]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:00:52 +0000 mod School House http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com/School+House email.hidden@example.com (Jonathan Bowen) Jonathan Bowen edited School House Location – north side of the Market Square, close to St Mary’s Church
Construction – The building appears to have grown up around a late 15th century timber-framed building of 5 bays, approximately 70 feet long by 24 feet deep. It had a jettied first floor room over an open space at ground floor level. This space may originally have been created to provide a covered market area. The building has been considerably altered over the centuries, including enclosing the open ground floor area, adding extensions and tiling the roof. It is thought that the roof was originally thatched, as in the 17th century bills for the repair to the thatch have been found in the Church records.
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History of the building
The earliest use of this building may have been as the meeting room for the fraternity of St. Katherine. This guild was an organisation of local craftsmen and tradesmen who paid fees to the guild so that in times of hards]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:00:25 +0000 mod FrontPage http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com/FrontPage email.hidden@example.com (Jonathan Bowen) Jonathan Bowen commented on FrontPage I have set up a wiki for Amersham Museum with initial material on several history Amersham buildings from Jane Bowen. This is a website that lets multiple people contribute to it. You can add further information, additional photographs and extra pages on other buildings or historical information relevant to Amersham.

The web address is http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com . Do pass this on to anyone else who might be interested and do contribute with material and photographs if you wish.

Jonathan Bowen
http://www.jpbowen.com
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]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:40:11 +0000 add Shardeloes http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com/Shardeloes email.hidden@example.com (Jonathan Bowen) Jonathan Bowen edited Shardeloes History of the Drake Family at Shardeloes
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]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:31:25 +0000 add The Gables http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com/The+Gables email.hidden@example.com (Jonathan Bowen) Jonathan Bowen edited The Gables History of the House
Little is known about the original occupants of the house, however the imposing façade, prominent location in the centre of town and fine decoration suggest that its owner was a prominent resident.
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]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:14:17 +0000 add Elmodesham House http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com/Elmodesham+House email.hidden@example.com (Jonathan Bowen) Jonathan Bowen edited Elmodesham House The house was purchased in 1931 by Amersham Rural District Council. They converted it for use as offices, and built a new Council Chamber, which was later used as a Court Room. They moved to the new Chiltern District Council Offices in Amersham on the Hill in 1986, after they combined with Chesham Urban District Council.
The house was converted into flats but still retains many of its original features, including the painted ceiling, which is attributed to James Thornhill.
See also further Elmodesham House photographs.
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]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:29:46 +0000 add Amersham Museum http://amershammuseum.pbwiki.com/Amersham+Museum email.hidden@example.com (Jonathan Bowen) Jonathan Bowen edited Amersham Museum The front part of the solar wing is now missing, probably demolished when the Victorian House, now 51 High Street was built.
Occupants of the house
when ………………. ………. Hunt leased the building from ????.
The house remained in the Hunt family’s possession until 183? when Daniel Bateman son of Martha nee Hunt sold it to ????.
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See:Welcome to theAmersham Museum Wiki. We would like people with a knowledge of the history of Amersham and historic photographs to contribute to this site. If you would like to be able to create and edit pages, pleasecontact us for the password. Meanwhile, please view the following pages of historic buildings in Amersham:
Amersham Museum
Elmodesham House
School House
Shardeloes
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