Old shop front, and entrance to Old Bells Court, showing timber framing
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The photograph on this page of Old shop front, and entrance to Old Bells Court, showing timber framing by Stefan Czapski as part of the Geograph project.
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Old shop front, and entrance to Old Bells Court, showing timber framing
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 31 Mar 2013
Many of the smaller properties along Church Street appear to be brick-built, but are in fact timber-framed. The Buckinghamshire 'Pevsner' and the listing texts agree that brick facing was added - from about 1700 onwards - to timber-framed cottages which were already a century or two old. Here, a carriage archway gives access to Old Bells Court. The buildings on either side appear to be brick-built, but their timber framing is exposed within the archway. A wider view of this portion of Church Street can be found here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3382916 No. 44 appears to be a private residence, but incorporates an old shop-front, possibly pre-Victorian.
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Image Location
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51.703897
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