Building record 0400100000 - MANOR FARM, HIGH STREET

Summary

Sixteenth century manor house with nineteenth century alterations, now a farmhouse

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1214092: MANOR HOUSE

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Type and Period (3)

  • MANOR HOUSE (16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
  • FARMHOUSE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 21m, Width 18m.
Plan Form - T shaped.
Double-roofed & gabled building; twisted chimney shafts (B1).
Manor house of chief manor of parish; converted to a farm. (Manorial history) (B3).
Grade II. House. Late C16, altered early C19. Front has C19 chequer brick to ground floor, remainder timber framed with patterned brick infill, mostly herringbone. C16 brick plinth, part moulded. Rear wing timber framed with plaster infill. Left side rebuilt C19 in red brick. Tiled roofs. Brick chimneys with square shafts set diagonally, that between left bays with 2 shafts, that in right-hand bay with 4 shafts and modillion base. Irregular T-plan with long rear wing. 2 storeys, 3 bays to front, outer bays are gabled to front, that to right projecting, both with barred tripartite sash windows to ground floor and horizontal sliding barred sashes to first floor. Centre bay has paired barred casement over 6-panelled door, half-glazed, with radiating semi-circular fanlight. Porch has arched roof and similar fanlight over double 3-panelled doors. Small 2-storey extension set back to right side is of whitewashed brick and roughcast, Room in rear wing has moulded cross beams. RCHM II p. 277-8 Mon. 7 (B6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p752.
  • <2>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. pp277-278.
  • <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp420-421.
  • <4>SBC10479 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS 1979 1:2500 MAP. Paper. 1:2,500.
  • <5>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p243.
  • <6>SBC20017 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bucks: Aylesbury Vale: Parishes of Dunton &C. p51.

Location

Grid reference SP 85240 25738 (point)
Civil Parish STEWKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13590)

Record last edited

Oct 28 2024 5:58PM

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