Pictorial Tour of Amersham
Old Amersham High Street

Nos. 27 High Street - The Gables - Of plastered brickwork, not stone, with Dutch gables, dating from Tudor period with fine interior wall panelling and doors which are original 16th century, also well moulded clunch (chalk) fireplaces with massive carved mantels. This picture was taken in 1960, the house is now almost completely covered by creepers.

Old Amersham High Street North Side - if you look carefully in the gutter, cars permitting, you can still see the iron rings used to tie live stock outside the old butchers.

Red Lion House - High Street. Formerly the Red Lion pubs. The rings by the kerb in the pictures above are in front of the building on the right in the above picture

Amersham Museum. For details about the Museum, click here . A new extension completed in 2001 replaced an ugly shop front. The original building behind is probably the most ancient-house in the town. It has finely carved wooden Tudor doorway

There has been some debate about the new extension built on the Amersham Museum. The new extension replaces the shop front shown in the picture above. The new extension had to follow planning guidelines. perhaps the real question that should be asked is how the above shop front was allowed to have been built on such an old building.

High Street - the width is typical of old coaching towns.

The cobbled forecourts to most of the houses are in the ownership of the freeholders, not part of the public pavement. These cobbles are of geological interest, being of stone quarried at Denner Hill, near Prestwood, where such an outcrop of sandstone is unusual in a chalk country like the Chiltern Hills.

Nos.129 - The smallest house in Amersham built in the 16th century, but added to in later years. Picture taken in 1960

The Methodist Church built in 1899, one of the newest buildings along the High Street. The site was previously occupied by four small almshouses originally built in the 1600s by Andrew Hale for four single people who could live there rent free for life, those being chosen by the church. By the 1890s the almshouses were in a bad state of repair, even though some were still being lived in.

Nos. 171 - "Turpins Row" - Late 16th century and practically unaltered cottage block but each cottage is different. They are named after the builder and not the infamous highwayman.

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