Monument record 0045400000 - OLD MANOR, ASKETT/BELL'S FM

Summary

Fourteenth to fifteenth century manor house recorded in excavation, predecessor of early seventeenth century house that was turned into three cottages in the eighteenth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Site of Medieval manor house and moat
  • SHINE: Bray's Wood two 12th century medieval moated enclosures
  • SHINE: Bray's Wood two 12th century medieval moated enclosures

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Type and Period (3)

  • HOUSE (14th Century to 15th Century - 1300 AD to 1499 AD)
  • (Former Type) MANOR HOUSE? (14th Century to 15th Century - 1300 AD to 1499 AD)
  • (Former Type) HALL HOUSE (14th Century to 15th Century - 1300 AD to 1499 AD)

Description

Plan Form - H SHAPED
MANOR HOUSE, NOW 3 COTTAGES, 2 STOREYS, OF C.1600, ALTERED & PATCHED WITH BRICK. ROOFS TILED (FURTHER DETAIL) (B2).
WAS AN IMPORTANT TIMBER-FRAMED STRUCTURE. ORIGINALLY BUILT EARLY C14 WHEN H-SHAPED WITH SINGLE-STOREY HALL BETWEEN 2 CROSS WINGS, SHOWN IN EXCAVATION. DEMOLISHED 1969 (FULL REPORT)(B4).
NGR (B6).
Buildings report held at NMR (B7).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC11598 Map: PARMINTER MRS Y, FROM MONKS RISBOROUGH ESTATE MAP 1831 (IN BRO REF:IR/M/8/8).
  • <2>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. pp260-261.
  • <3>SBC11605 Bibliographic reference: PARSONS F G 1934/1940 OLD RECORDS OF MONKS RISBORO UGH PT 2 P37.
  • <4>SBC1625 Article in serial: Guy Beresford. 1970. 'THE OLD MANOR, ASKETT', IN RECS OF BUCKS 18 PP343-366 & PLATES I-IV. Vol 18.
  • <5>SBC1294 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS 1971 & 1973.
  • <6>SBC10935 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP80 NW 57,MAY 1971,FILED.
  • <7>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF029786.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8144 0524 (90m by 90m)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14543)
  • Event - Survey: Building recording (EBC10126)
  • Event - Intervention: Excavation (EBC10125)

Record last edited

Oct 13 2024 10:26PM

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