Building record 0492901000 - THE MANOR HOUSE, MAIN STREET
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1212823: THE MANOR HOUSE
Map
Type and Period (1)
- (Former Type) MANOR HOUSE (Dated 1598, 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Length 30m, Width 9m.
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
Grade II. Manor house, dated 1598 on central stack, altered and extended. Rubble stone, concrete tiled roof. Large central stone side stack with pebble-dash top, brick stack to E, gable and square shaft to front extension. 2 storeys and attic. N.W. front has gabled bay to left with glazed double doors to ground floor and 2-light wooden casement above. One casement in main wing with stack to right, ground floor and bay to right of stack obscured by later lean-to and C20 gabled porch with 2-light casement to left and C19 canted bay window to right. C20 extension to SE of one storey with barred 3 and 4-light casements. Garden front has 3 dormers and 5 bays of irregular sash windows with one 2-light casement to left, double glazed doors in modern bay window to centre and entry in second bay from right. Interior: inglenook with herringbone tiles to back; stop-chamfered beams, upper flight of staircase has early C17 pierced balusters (B4).
LARGE STONE DWELLING. IN WALLED GARDEN FOUNDATIONS OF BUILDINGS OFTEN MET WITH (B1).
IN 1650 HOUSE WORTH £12 A YEAR, BUILT PART WITH TIMBER & PART WITH STONE & ROUGH-CAST & COVERED WITH TILES, CONSISTED OF HALL, PARLOUR, KITCHEN, SEVERAL UPSTAIRS CHAMBERS, BARNS, STABLES & DOVEHOUSE (B2).
2 STOREYS, BUILT PROB 1598. STONE RUBBLE, ROOFS TILED. RECTANGULAR BLOCK ATTACHED TO 2ND BLOCK AT NE CORNER (FURTHER DETAIL)(B3).
AT NGR (B5).
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC14189 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P322.
- <2>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp260-262.
- <3>SBC13106 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 PP310-311.
- <4>SBC3681 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. pp51-2.
- <5>SBC10473 Map: OS 1977 1:2500 MAP.
Location
Grid reference | SP 65370 34650 (point) |
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Civil Parish | WATER STRATFORD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13583)
Record last edited
Aug 14 2022 5:03PM