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

Archaeological Notification Area: Site of Medieval manor house and moat (DBC9154)
SHINE: Bray's Wood two 12th century medieval moated enclosures (DBC7528)
SHINE: Bray's Wood two 12th century medieval moated enclosures (DBC7528)

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Type and Period (3)

HOUSE (14th Century to 15th Century - 1300 AD to 1499 AD)
MANOR HOUSE? (14th Century to 15th Century - 1300 AD to 1499 AD)
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. SP 814053. The Old Manor or Bell's Farm, Askett (Field No 264) a timber-framed structure, the original building being erected during the first half of the 14th century. The house was then H-shaped with a single storey hall, set between two gabled cross-wings. Three major alterations were made between the 15th and 17th centuries, and only the solar wing of the original building survived until 1969 when it was demolished. The 15th century hall unit has been re-erected in another hamlet in the same parish. Finds included two Flemish Maiolica altar vases and a 15th century Rondel dagger. (Identified by Field No at SU 81430524) (FULL REPORT)(B4).
NGR (B6).
Buildings report held at NMR (B7).

Sources (8)

<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. 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SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006.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.
<8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Update 2004.

Location

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