The Bull and Butcher, Akeley
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Type
Description
Eighteenth to nineteenth century public house known as The Bull and Butcher, incorporating the remains of a late sixteenth or early seventeenth century timber-framed house.
An 18th-19th century Public House, the building occupies the NW corner of The Square, with outbuildings to the rear stretching along the Main Street to Buckingham. It is attached to No.2 The Square at the SE end. The building contains the scant remains of a ?two-bay single storey timber-framed cottage probably of the late 16th or early 17th century, ranged parallel to the Main Road. It may have originally been longer. Early photograph shows a 1.5 storey thatched building on the corner bay which may have been a separate dwelling (B1).
The Bull and Butcher appears to be a 19th century building, although it contains the remains of much earlier buildings (C16) within the structure. The public house abuts the Square and is pebble dashed with standard casement windows and brick chimneys. There is a small porch over the main door, and two bay windows at ground floor level. The pub signage is traditional in design, consisting of painted timber and brass lettering and has minimal lighting. This is a local building of note within the Conservation Area of Akeley (B2).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Eighteenth to nineteenth century public house known as The Bull and Butcher, incorporating the remains of a late sixteenth or early seventeenth century timber-framed house.
Date Listed
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