Building record 0046201000 - CHURCH FARMHOUSE, PITSTONE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1161250: MOAT FARMHOUSE
Map
Type and Period (3)
- FARMHOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD? to 1799 AD)
- (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD? to 1699 AD)
- OFFICE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Length 14m, Width 9m.
Plan Form - Subrectangular.
Grade II. Offices. Mid C18 and later alterations to older building. Front range is of red and vitreous brick, 3 bays to right of red headers, with paired vertical strips of blue headers between windows. C20 tile roof, brick chimneys to gables and right of centre. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Wooden casements with horizontal glazing bars, ground floor openings with cambered heads. Half-glazed door in second bay. Right gable has blocked round window. Rear has canted projection of thin brick, possibly once a chimney, and later extensions. Interior preserves original rear wall with heavy close-studded timber framing and doorway with hollow chamfered 4-centred arch. Lower range to N,W, also rebuilt in brick, has central chimney and queen strut truss. On moated site said to be that of a priory or nunnery (B7).
Mansion called Pitstone Place, of which greater part has been demolished - materials used on White Hart Inn Aylesbury (B1).
Sources (3)
- ---SBC17432 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/77. BCM A2/26/24A&25A. SP\943151. Yes.
- <1>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. pp431-433.
- <7>SBC19041 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p73.
Location
Grid reference | SP 94340 15180 (point) |
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Civil Parish | PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13593)
Record last edited
Nov 8 2024 7:51PM