The empty building that now occupies 6-8 High Street was constructed in the late 1960s to house a supermarket (most recently Co-Op).
However, a sixteenth-century Mansion House on the site was demolished in 1965 to make way for the supermarket. This older building reflects much of the rich history of Thame.
1572 – A Mansion House was built by Sir Francis Knollys
1642-1651 – Centre of Royalist activity during the English Civil War
1792-1802 – Rented to Huguenot refugees fleeing the French ‘reign of terror’
1840-1948 – A school (firstly for boys and then for girls)
1965 – The mansion was demolished