Monument record 0438201000 - GREGORIES (NR WALK WOOD)

Summary

Probable site of late medieval manor house of Gregory's, rebuilt as a country house in the eighteenth century

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Type and Period (2)

  • COUNTRY HOUSE (Burnt down 1813, 18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
  • MANOR HOUSE (15th Century to 18th Century - 1400 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

HOUSE BUILT BY MARTHA GREGORY. GAINED CELEBRITY AS EDMUND BURKE'S COUNTRY SEAT. HE PARTLY REBUILT MANSION (B2).
ILLUSTRATION (B3).
BURNT DOWN 1813 & FEW MOUNDS MARK SITE (B4).
HOUSES NOW COVER PART OF GROUNDS (B1).
LARGE FLAT AREA CENTRED AT NGR & WITH CURVING BANK TO N PROB SITE OF HOUSE (B5-6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp156,160-161.
  • <2>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. pp191-192.
  • <3>SBC1718 Bibliographic reference: Gerald Elvey, Bambi Stainton, Henry Reed & Clive Birch (Clive Birch also editor). 1976. The Book of Beaconsfield. pp23-26.
  • <4>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp810-811.
  • <5>SBC11960 Map: PIKE A R 15 AUG 1978 FIELD VISIT & FROM ROQUES MAP C1760 & OTHER MAPS OF PERIOD. ALSO BI6..
  • <6>SBC15025 Bibliographic reference: TAYLOR A C (ED) 1975 HISTORY OF BEACONSFIELD PP23- 26.

Location

Grid reference SU 93800 90600 (point)
Civil Parish BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 8 2024 6:57PM

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