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The Medieval undercroft at 72/74 High Street is a vaulted stone chamber of thirteenth-century date, forming part of a substantial medieval building in Surrey. The undercroft survives as a well-preserved example of high-status domestic or mercantile architecture, with its stone vaulting indicative of considerable investment and craftsmanship typical of prosperous medieval urban centres. The structure demonstrates the building practices and social organisation of the High Street during the medieval period, when such undercrofts commonly served utilitarian purposes including storage whilst supporting residential or commercial premises at street level. The survival of this masonry structure provides valuable archaeological evidence of medieval town development and construction techniques.
Medieval undercroft at 72/74 High Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005924. View the official record →
The Medieval undercroft at 72/74 High Street is a vaulted stone chamber of thirteenth-century date, forming part of a substantial medieval building in Surrey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005924.
Medieval undercroft at 72/74 High Street is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005924.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Catherine's Chapel (1.3 km), Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre (1.6 km), Bowl barrow 90m west of Tyting Farm (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval undercroft at 72/74 High Street's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Medieval undercroft at 72/74 High Street stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.