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Depending on which website you read this timbered framed building in Church Lane dates from either the 15th or the 16th or the 17th century. What is not in doubt is that it was once the rectory for the nearby church, although it is now known as Monks Staithe. The cottage has an unusual octagonal chimney and the grey plaque on the chimneybreast records the fact that the aviatrix Amy Johnson lived here, briefly, between 1937 and 1938.
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Located in Buckinghamshire midway between Aylesbury and High Wycombe, Princes Risborough is a small market town surrounded by unspoilt countryside. During the reign of Henry VIII, the town was granted the right to hold several annual fairs as well as two weekly markets. The Market Square remains the focal point of the town and is approached by picturesque streets lined with 17th and 18th Century cottages. The 17th Century Market House stands at its centre.
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Under the grass is Granny.
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The Chapter House St Mary's Church. Over the hedge is Monks Staithe for a short time the home of Amy Johnson
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Graveyard to rear.
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Taken inside.
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Inside
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St Mary's Church on Church Street
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The church as seen from Kop Hill. To the left of the church is The Mount car park, the site of the Black Prince's manor house while to the right the chimneys of the current manor house (NT) can be seen.
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The Manor House is on the north side of Church Lane, and opposite the graveyard of the church. It dates from the late 17th century, and was built in the Artisan Mannerist style with a hipped roof and modillioned eaves. The façade is divided into bays with brick pilasters. It was once owned by Sir Peter Lely, painter to King Charles II, which confirms its age, and it was restored by the Rothschilds in the 1880s. It was acquired by the National Trust in 1925, and is open to the public in 2008 on Wednesday afternoons only, and only by prior written appointment with the lessee. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-princesrisboroughmanorhouse/ for the National Trust webpage for the building.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>St.Marys Church, Princes Risborough is a building of flint with limestone dressing. Originally 13th century built on a Norman site with medieval additions. Tower and spire was built 1908, earlier tower collapsed in 1804.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Viewed looking towards the Market Square with a half-timbered building on the left.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>The half-timbered Tudor building called Vine House is on the left while the church is beyond the trees. This is a pinch point in the street and there is a 1955 Francis Frith photograph here http://www.francisfrith.com/search/england/buckinghamshire/princes risborough/photos/princes risborough_P282005.htm taken from slightly further back towards the Market Square, which shows Vine House with what could be the vine growing up against the gable end.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>The Tesco store is inside the Princes Risborough Conservation Area. Wycombe District Council's Conservation Area notes describe it thus: "The east part of Area 1 is occupied by the new Tesco supermarket which uses clay roof tiles, good bricks, some flint and natural slate to good effect. It replaced a garage and a 1930s public house in a poor neo-Georgian style and its car park is surrounded by brick walls west of the access and ornamental railings beyond. It is a successful building, only marred by the large sign within the glazed arch." The beige tablet in the gable end has the date 1996.
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