Building record 0491800000 - MANOR FARM, MAIDS MORETON

Summary

Late sixteenth to seventeenth century manor house.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1215284: THE OLD MANOR HOUSE

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • MANOR HOUSE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 19m, Width 10m.
Grade II. House. Late C16-C17, altered. Coursed rubble stone, timber lintels to openings, old tile roof, brick stacks to gables of main block, large external stone stack with ironstone quoins to rear angle. Two storeys, irregular three bay front. Leaded casements with thick wooden mullions, moulded to interior: 5-light to ground floor right, 3-light to centre and paired to right; 3-light to first floor left, 4-light to right. C20 panelled door between right-hand windows. Further bay to left is of different build with one upper casement and is mostly obscured by later brick lean-to. C19 brick wing projects to rear. Large fireplace to rear wall of hall has depressed moulded stone arch with cornice above. Fireback dated IFC 1588 probably original. Chamfered beams, some stopped. RCHM II p 187 MON 17 (B5).
Associated with 'Maids of Moreton' tradition (B1).
NB; called Home Farm on OS 1958 map (B4-NGR to here); Called 'Old Manor House' in 1983 (B5). See also CASS 00483.

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC15877 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 P199.
  • <2>SBC13050 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 PP187-188.
  • <3>SBC3555 Bibliographic reference: DoE (Ministry of Housing & Local Government). 1960. PROVISIONAL LIST OF BUILDINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST.
  • <4>SBC10386 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 6IN MAP (1:10560). 1:10,560.
  • <5>SBC19250 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p36.

Location

Grid reference SP 70284 35440 (point)
Civil Parish MAIDS MORETON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13582)

Record last edited

Nov 11 2021 3:37PM

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