Monument record 0491201000 - WESTBURY MANOR HOUSE

Summary

Twentieth century rebuilding of manor house, now Beachborough School, foundations of older house, formerly a medieval priory, in grounds

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  • MANOR HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Plan Form - SQUARE
A HANDSOME STONE MANSION. ADDITIONS WERE MADE IN 1854-5 (B1).
OLD MANOR HOUSE FORMERLY THE ELSTOW PRIORY RECTORIAL HOUSE. PRESENT HOUSE HAS BEEN REBUILT (ILLUS); OLD ONE 80YDS NEARER CHURCH ON E, FOUNDATIONS STILL BEING VISIBLE (B3).
C18 (a print dated 1769), but much added to in 1903, in a neo-Tudor style (B4).
NOW BEACHBOROUGH SCHOOL. APPEARS TO BE ALL OF 1903 REBUILDING. AT NGR (B5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p324.
  • <2>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp263-266.
  • <3>SBC7359 Bibliographic reference: LE BRETON MARTIN E 1928 HISTORY OF WESTBURY PP18,2 3,33.
  • <4>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p281.
  • <5>SBC12180 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R NOV 1980 FIELD VISIT.

Location

Grid reference SP 62135 35680 (point)
Civil Parish WESTBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 28 2024 4:35PM

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