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Tithe Cottage, 41 High Street

Previously called Blue Shutters and Primrose Hill.

David Ryder Gillow and Carol Ann Gillow

Millennium Chronicle, 1999

House.  C15, altered C17.  Timber frame with 3 cruck trusses, colourwashed brick infill and rubble stone plinth.  Hipped thatch roof with 2 intermediate colourwashed brick chimneys.  1½ storeys, 4 bays.  C20 leaded casements, 2 and 3-light with small single light to left of second bay.  3 first floor windows under thatch eyebrows.  Central C20 door.  C20 conservatory to left.

English Heritage

Formerly known as “Primrose Hill”, it is a very interesting example of “cruck” construction. The “cruck” was a method of supporting the roofs of the earliest houses and barns, whereby two heavy timber members (usually suitably carved tree trunks or heavy branches) were joined at the top, spread apart at the base and braced on or against stones. By this means quite heavy roofs could be supported. This method of construction was employed in country areas well into the 15th century. This is a two bay cottage, with three pairs of crucks (the space between them being called “bays”) and it is approximately 400 years old. The “crucks” may have been removed from a previous building. The main ceiling beams above the bedrooms have almost certainly been used twice as there are joist-holes in them. Each timber is numbered i, ii, iii, iiii, v, etc. The number “iiii” is especially interesting as this manner of carving ceased at the turn of the 17th century and “iv.’ was begun!

There is very old soot on the inside of the rafters, probably caused by smoke filtering through the thatch from the central fire in the days before chimneys and fireplaces. The rafters are of split beech alternating with heavier oak ones, and there are some elder lathes. The thatch is Devon Reed, a long Wheat Straw; the cottage was rethatched in 1974 by Armstrongs of Aylesbury. The walls are classic single thickness medieval brick and provide the infill to the oak timbered structure. The fine old barn at Wood End Farm which was demolished a few years ago had similar Roman numerals on the beams. This had been built by the village carpenter, with many villagers assisting him, as was the custom in earlier days.

“Nash, A Buckinghamshire Village”, Duncan C. and King J, 1987.

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part Notes Name of house
6th February 1986 Deed of gift Mrs Helen Edith Sylvia Wyatt Mr Neil John Stephen Wyatt Mrs Wyatt of Tithe Cottage; Mr Wyatt of Byfield, Daventry, son of Mrs Wyatt. Tithe Cottage

1986 Deed of Gift

Mrs S Wyatt

1982 Nash WI Scrapbook.

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part Notes Name of house
16th June 1977 Conveyance Oliver and Carol Tynan Mrs Helen Edith Sylvia Wyatt Mr & Mrs Tynan of Tithe Cottage; Mrs Wyatt of Church Hill, Great Horwood; sale price £28,250. Tithe Cottage

1977 Conveyance

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part Notes Name of house
18th July 1973 Conveyance Rodney Hunter Gordon Corner and Susan Lesley Corner Kenneth McGibben Hawley and Eric Freeman Sale of land alongside Tithe Cottage for £11,000; 1 house can be built with various legal restrictions on the planning and building of the house, as well as on the future purchasers. Tithe Cottage

1973 Conveyance

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part Notes Name of house
1st June 1973 Conveyance Rodney Hunter Gordon Corner and Susan Lesley Corner Oliver and Carol Tynan Mr & Mrs Corner of Tithe Cottage; Mr and Mrs Tynan of Duddington in Lincolshire; sale price £26000 Tithe Cottage

1973 Conveyance

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part Notes
31st May 1973 Conveyance Rodney Hunter Gordon Corner and Susan Lesley Corner Kenneth McGibben Hawley and Eric Freeman … part of the land described herein and adjoining Tithe Cottage Nash

1973 Conveyance of land that became Little Orchard, 35 High Street

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part Notes Name of house
11th December 1968 Conveyance Miss Delia Patricia Merrill Lincoln Rodney Hunter Gordon Corner and Susan Lesley Corner .. together with the very old thatched cottage (formerly two thatched cottages) .. And now known as ‘Blue Shutters’; Miss Lincoln living at West Horsley, Surry; Mr and Mrs Corner living at 8 Spring Lane, Great Horwood; sale price £8250.  Memorandum attached referring to a conveyance dated 31st May 1973. Blue Shutters

1968 Conveyance

Miss Pat Lincoln (called Blue Shutters)

1965 Nash WI Scrapbook.

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part Notes Name of house
8th November 1965 Conveyance Westminster Bank Limited Miss Delia Patricia Merrill Lincoln Miss Lincoln presently living at West Horsley, Surry; Blue Shutters

1965 Conveyance

Several CI6 to CI7 timber-framed houses in the village, particularly in HIGH STREET. No.41 (TITHE COTTAGE) is somewhat older (C15) and has a frame with three cruck trusses.

“Buildings of Buckinghamshire”, Pevsner, 1960.

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part Notes Name of house
19th March 1957 Conveyance Mrs Audrey Joyce Lucia Gibson Westminster Bank Limited Mrs Gibson now lives at Amersham but used to live at ‘Primrose Hill’; sale price £2500. Primrose Hill

1957 Conveyance

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part Notes Name of house
17th September 1954 Conveyance Michael O’Donovan Esquire Mrs Audrey Joyce Lucia Gibson Michael O’Donovan via a London solicitors; Mrs Gibson living at ‘Primrose Hill’; Mrs Gibson the wife of Richard Gibson; sale price £2650 Primrose Hill

1954 Conveyance

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part 3rd Part Notes Name of house
17th December 1953 Conveyance Mrs. Joan Mary O’Donovan Chesham and District Mutual and Permanent Building Society Michael O’Donovan Esquire Mrs O’Donovan living at Bristol; Michael O’Donovan (author and playwright) living at ‘Primrose Hill’.  Micael O’Donovan becomes owner of property and mortgage transferred to him. Primrose Hill

1953 Conveyance 

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part Notes Name of house
5th June 1953 Conveyance Mr. Geoffrey William Morgan & Mrs. Helen Morgan Mrs. Joan Mary O’Donovan Mr & Mrs Morgan now living in Wendover; Mrs O’Donovan living at ‘Primrose Hill’; sale price £3400. Primrose Hill

1953 Conveyance 

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part Notes Name of house
26th October 1950 Conveyance Mrs Katherine Harriet Weatherhead Mr. Geoffrey William Morgan & Mrs. Helen Morgan Mrs Weatherhead now living at ‘Mizpah Cottage’ Nash; Mr & Mrs Morgan living at ‘Primrose Hill’; sale price £1750. Primrose Hill

1950 Conveyance 

Year Surname Forename Address
1950 Weatherhead Florence M Primrose Hill
1950 Weatherhead James Primrose Hill

1950 Nash Register of Electors 

Date Title Notes
1st January 1945 Vesting assent Katherine Harriett Weatherhead (widow of Walter Weatherhead) to inherit property (details from October 1950 Abstract of title).

1945 Vesting of Assent

Year Surname Forename Address
1945 Weatherhead Florence M Primrose Hill
1945 Weatherhead James Primrose Hill
1945 Weatherhead William E Primrose Hill

1945 Nash Register of Electors 

Year Surname Forename Address Absent voter Parliamentary qualification Local Government qualification Juror
1939 Weatherhead Florence Mabel Primrose Hill   Rw Dw  
1939 Weatherhead James Primrose Hill   R O  
1939 Weatherhead Edward Primrose Hill   R    
1939 Weatherhead Reginald Primrose Hill   R    

1939 Nash Register of Electors

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part 3rd Part Notes
20th November 1937 Conveyance Walter Weatherhead Tom Smith, Edward Tucker Ray and Walter Cyril Buck Arthur William French Harrup Tom Smith, Edward Ray and Walter Buck are all Trustees of the Loyal “Duke of Buckingham” Lodge (No 2644) of the Independent Order of Oddfellows (Manchester Unity) Friendly Society established at Stony Stratford.  Walter Weatherhead ‘Smallholder’; Arthur William French Harrup ‘Butcher’.

1937 Conveyance 

Year Surname Forename Address Absent voter Parliamentary qualification Local Government qualification Juror
1935 Weatherhead Benjamin Walter Primrose Hill   R    
1935 Weatherhead Florence Mabel Primrose Hill   Rw Dw  
1935 Weatherhead James Primrose Hill   R O  
1935 Weatherhead Edward Primrose Hill   R    
1935 Weatherhead Reginald Primrose Hill   R    

1935 Nash Register of Electors 

Year Surname Forename Address Absent voter Parliamentary qualification Local Government qualification Juror
1930 Weatherhead Benjamin Primrose Hill   R    
1930 Weatherhead Florence Mabel Primrose Hill   Rw Dw  
1930 Weatherhead James Primrose Hill   R O  
1930 Weatherhead Ambrose Primrose Hill   R    
1930 Weatherhead Edward Primrose Hill   R    

1930 Nash Register of Electors 

Year Surname Forename Address Absent voter Parliamentary qualification Local Government qualification Juror
1925 Weatherhead Benjamin Primrose Hill   R    
1925 Wright Florence Mabel Primrose Hill   O O  

1925 Nash Register of Electors

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part 3rd Part Notes
17th September 1924 Enfranchisement William Selby Lowndes of Whaddon Hall (the Lord) Humphrey Jeans Sprake and Percy Jeans Sprake both of Bungay in Suffolk (Trustees) Walter Weatherhead (Tenant) Two cottages or tenements with the gardens and outbuildings … part of number 131 of the OS map – changed from copyhold to freehold.

1924 Enfranchisement

Year Surname Forename Address Absent voter Parliamentary qualification Local Government qualification
1922 Smith James Primrose Hill   R O
1922 Smith Ellen Primrose Hill   HO HO
1922 Smith Violet May Primrose Hill   HO HO
1922 Wall John Thomas Primrose Hill   R O
1922 Wall Mavis Primrose Hill   O O

1922 Nash Register of Electors 

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part 3rd Part 4th Part Notes
25th November 1920 Indenture Rev William Edmund Dixon the Vicar of Whaddon Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England William Selby Lowndes of Whaddon Hall Walter Weatherhead Two cottages or tenements with the gardens and outbuildings … part of number 131 of the OS map.

1920 Indenture

Number Surname Forename Residence Absent voter Parliamentary qualification Local Government qualification
75 Smith Frederick, jun Primrose Hill   R O
76 Smith Amy Primrose Hill   HO HO

1918 Nash Register of Electors

(7). COTTAGE

250 yards N.W. of (6), is of one storey and an attic. The chimneys are modern.

Condition – Fairly good.

These buildings are all of the 17th century and almost all are of two storeys; the walls generally are timber-framed, with brick filling which has been considerably restored; the roofs are thatched. Nearly all are of rectangular plan, and have old chimney stacks, some partly restored.

“Royal Commission on Historical Monuments 1913”. 

Date Title 1st Part 2nd Part 3rd Part Notes
30th April 1914 Enfranchisement William Selby Lowndes Herbert James Hartcup Henry Harrup Herbert James Hartcup of Bungay, Suffolk.  Reference to two dwelling houses formerly occupied by William Bryer and Sophia Bryer and afterwards Robert Bryer and George Jones.  Some parts of the document missing.

1914 Enfranchisement 

Date Title Notes
5th February 1912 Admission of Henry Harrup Admitted under the terms of Robert Bryer’s will.

1912 Admission

(Possible but not certain)

Address from Enumerator’s summary Number of rooms Forename Surname Relation Males Females Condition Completed years of present marriage Total children born alive Children still living Children who have died Personal Occupation Industry or service with which worker is connected. Employer, Worker or Own account Working at Home Where born Nationality of every person born in a foreign country
Nash Pink Cottage 4 Frederick Smith Head 45   Married         Farm labourer   Worker   Nash, Bucks  
Nash Pink Cottage 4 Amy Smith Wife   39 Married 17 6 6 0         Thornborough, Bucks  
Nash Pink Cottage 4 Cecil Smith Son 14             Bakers Assistant   Worker   Nash, Bucks  
Nash Pink Cottage 4 Annie Smith Daughter   12           School       Nash, Bucks  
Nash Pink Cottage 4 Arthur Smith Son 9             School       Nash, Bucks  
Nash Pink Cottage 4 George Smith Son 6             School       Nash, Bucks  
Nash Pink Cottage 4 Kate Smith Daughter   3                   Nash, Bucks British

1911 census

No. of Schedule Place Number of rooms occupied if under 5 Forename Surname Relation Condition Males Females Profession or Occupation Employer, Worker or Own account Working at Home WHERE BORN Disability
40 Primrose Hill   Thomas Smith Head Widower 58   Farm Labourer Worker   Nash, Bucks  
40 Primrose Hill   Sarah A Smith Daughter Single   38 Housekeeper     Nash, Bucks  
40 Primrose Hill   Arthur Smith Son Single 30   Carter on Farm Worker   Nash, Bucks  
41 Primrose Hill 4 Elizabeth A French Head Widow   39 Lace Maker Own account At home Great Horwood, Bucks  
41 Primrose Hill   Dorothy A French Daughter Single   12       Nash, Bucks  
41 Primrose Hill   Lavinia A French Daughter Single   10       Nash, Bucks  
41 Primrose Hill   Frederick French Son Single 9         Nash, Bucks  
41 Primrose Hill   Claudious French Son Single 6         Nash, Bucks  
41 Primrose Hill   ? French Daughter Single   2       Nash, Bucks  

1901 census (Possible but not certain)

No. of Schedule Place Rooms Forename Surname Relation Condition Males Females Job Employer Employed Neither Employer nor Employed Where born Disability
26   4 William Smith Head Married 76           Nash  
26     Ann Smith Wife Married   75         Farnborough, Warwickshire  
26     Thomas Smith Son Widower 49   Farm Labourer   x   Nash  
26     Frederick Smith Grandson Single 23   Farm Labourer   x   Nash  
26     Arthur Smith Grandson Single 20   Farm Labourer   x   Nash  
26     Sarah A. Smith Granddaughter Single   18         Nash  

1891 census (Possible but not certain)

No. of Schedule Forename Surname Relationship Condition Males Females Job Where Born Disability
38 George Jones Head Married 32   Ag. Labourer Gt Harwood  
38 Dina Jones Wife Married   20 Lace Maker Nash  
38 John James Jones Son   3 Weeks     Nash  
38 Harriet Jones Boarder Single   17 Lace Maker Gt Harwood, B  

1861 census

Date Title 1st Part Notes
21st October 1830 General Court Baron William Cotton Risley admitted as tenant “All that copyhold messuage .. Heretofore in the occupation of Backhouse afterwards of John Makepeace and now or late of William Swift … of John Betts lying east and west thereof.”

1830 General Court Baron

  

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