Monument record 0003501000 - SW OF UPPER FARM

Summary

Site of manor house of uncertain date, demolished in eighteenth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • MANOR HOUSE (Demolished 1760, 16th Century to 18th Century - 1540 AD? to 1760 AD)
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD?)

Description

MANOR HOUSE OF CHEYNE FAMILY ENTIRELY TAKEN DOWN IN 1760. SITE MARKED BY MOATED AREA & AVENUE & ROWS OF TREES NW OF CHURCH (B1). SITE OF OLD MANOR HOUSE SHOWN ON MS PLAN OF 1844 (B2). NO TRACES FOUND TO INDICATE SITE OF MANOR HOUSE (B9). Carved stone window mullions (about 5 sections), possibly of Tudor date, unfrogged bricks (including several vitrified bricks) and a wooden pile (dredged about 5 years ago from edge of inner moat) observed at approx SP9006312030 during site visit (B10).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC7680 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 P333.
  • <2>SBC1951 Bibliographic reference: BROWN WILLIAM 1844 MOATS AT DRAYTON BEAUCHAMP (FIL ED).
  • <9>SBC11368 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARDS (FILED).
  • <10>SBC22216 Unpublished document: Sandy Kidd (BCC). 2003. Notes by Sandy Kidd following site visit October 2003.

Location

Grid reference SP 90010 12010 (point)
Civil Parish DRAYTON BEAUCHAMP, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13944)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14156)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC16498)

Record last edited

Jul 31 2009 6:32PM

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