Monument record 0517700000 - HORWOOD HOUSE

Summary

Site of late sixteenth century rectory, later a manor house with seventeenth and nineteenth century extensions, demolished in 1911

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Type and Period (3)

  • MANOR HOUSE? (Demolished 1911, 16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
  • VICARAGE (Demolished 1911, 16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Width 12m, Length 17m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
Rectory house, now seat of Philip Dauncey, with 400 acres of park (B1).
2 storeys & attic, timber & brick, roof tiled. Late C16, extended N in C17, enlarged C19. Modern additions pulled down (full description). House pulled down since RCHM visit (B2).
Was known as the Rectory in C19 & a sub-manor. Illustrations. Was at NGR (B4).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p692.
  • <2>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p178.
  • <3>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire.
  • <4>SBC2121 Map: Ted Bull. 1982. BULL E J 1982 (& SEE LITTLE HORWOOD NEWS, SUPPLEMENT, FILED)/OS 1878/1885 1:2500 & 1:10560 MAPS, 1ST EDITIONS.
  • <5>SBC19045 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Parishes of Drayton Parslow, Great Horwood, Little Horwood, Mursley, Nash, Newton Longville, Whaddon, & town of Winslow.
  • <6>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.
  • <7>SBC25237 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2019. Horwood House: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire.

Location

Grid reference SP 79650 29510 (point)
Civil Parish LITTLE HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13778)

Record last edited

Oct 27 2024 9:32PM

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