Building record 0437101000 - DENHAM COURT FARMHOUSE

Summary

Seventeenth and eighteenth century farmhouse at Denham Court Farm.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332702: DENHAM COURT FARMHOUSE

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Type and Period (3)

  • MANOR HOUSE? (14th Century - 1300 AD to 1399 AD)
  • FARMHOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) DOUBLE PILE HOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Plan Form - Rectangular.
Grade II. C17 and C18. Red brick; old tile roof. Three brick string courses at first floor level. Rectangular plan with 2 parallel gable ended roofs, chimneys at gables on left-hand. First floor wih a sash window, a narrow casement window and 2 more sashes. Ground floor with a segmented-headed sash window, the entrance beneath a broad C19 tiles and gabled porch, another segment-headed wndow and a secondary door. All windows with glazing bars (B4).
Clear from Abbot Litlington's inventory, AD 1389, that pre-Reformation manor house was humble farmhouse. Denham Court Farm remained the manor house until Peckham built Denham Place (CASS 04370)(B1).
Denham Court Farm: 2 storeys & attic. Faces SE. SE half built c1640 & NW half (re-)built 100 years later (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC7345 Bibliographic reference: LATHBURY R H 1904 HISTORY OF DENHAM P385-389.
  • <3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p122.
  • <4>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p104.

Location

Grid reference TQ 04410 86812 (point)
Civil Parish DENHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 12 2024 7:03PM

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