Building record 0490801000 - SHALSTONE HOUSE

Summary

Seventeenth to eighteenth century manor house

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1211783: SHALSTONE HOUSE

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) MANOR HOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD? to 1799 AD)
  • (Former Type) COUNTRY HOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD? to 1799 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 20m, Width 17m.
Contains many portraits of Purefoys (B1).
2 storeys & attic. Stone walls, plastered, roofs tiled. Most is of C18 & later, but wing at back probably C17. Rectangular plan. (Further detail)(B3).
Grade II. Small country house. Early - mid C18, rendered 1842. Hipped slate roof. 2 storeys and attic with dormers. Chamfered quoins, band course at first floor cill level, moulded cornice, parapet. Barred sash windows in architrave surrounds. S. front has 6 bays,entrance front has 5 bays with central door in architrave surround with keyblock, carved consoles and pediment, obscured by C19 Doric porch (B4).
AT NGR (B5).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC7914 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 4 PP70-72.
  • <3>SBC12945 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 P253.
  • <4>SBC3681 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p19.
  • <5>SBC10473 Map: OS 1977 1:2500 MAP.

Location

Grid reference SP 64214 36378 (point)
Civil Parish SHALSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13583)

Record last edited

Aug 14 2022 6:13PM

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