Monument record 0047100000 - CHURCH FARM, EDLESBOROUGH

Summary

Manor complex comprising medieval moat and fishponds, fifteenth to sixteenth century tithe barn and eighteenth century dovecote

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument BU29: Barn and fishpond and moated site with dovecote at Church Farm
  • Planning Notification Area: Medieval manor complex including moat, fishponds, tithe barn and dovecote

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Type and Period (1)

  • MANOR (MANOR:RECTORY, Medieval to 18th Century - 1066 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

SAM. Whole site Scheduled 1984; comprises a moated site, fishpond, dovecote & aisled barn. Site of considerable importance as surviving structures & buried remains are a complex of monuments which form a coherent group; centre of a rectorial estate? (B10).
NGR to site centre (B6).
Buildings report held at NMR (B16).
Added to Historic England's Heritage at Risk register in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Dovecote at risk due to structural cracking and proximity to the moat. Condition described as poor and priority as A: Immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric; no solution agreed (B17-20).

Sources (21)

  • ---SBC17409 Aerial Photograph: 06/03/92. BCM A16/1/1-2. SP\971193. Yes.
  • <1>SBC14272 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P672.
  • <2>SBC5961 Bibliographic reference: GURNEY FG 1914 TWO XVTH CENTURY NEIGHBOURS IN EDLE SBOROUGH, IN RECSOFBUCKS"10PP296-7".
  • <3>SBC13018 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 PP109-110 (&ILLUS P112).
  • <4>SBC15746 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP351, 360 (&ILLUS OF BARN).
  • <5>SBC11777 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PP114-5.
  • <6>SBC8402 Verbal communication: Michael Farley. 1973. Mike Farley (BCM) Notes from field visit Sept/Nov 1973.
  • <7>SBC13909 Scheduling record: HBMC. 1934. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <8>SBC758 Graphic material: John Bailey. 1979. Building survey drawings (filed).
  • <9>SBC8155 Map: MAP OF DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER'S ESTATE 1762 (AT HERTS RO; TRACING AT BCM); MEF GETS INFO FROM.
  • <10>SBC8477 Bibliographic reference: MEF, PHOTOS TAKEN 29 NOV 1984 (ON CAS FILE)/ SCHED ULING INFO, SCHEDULED MONUMENTS FILE 1, BCM.
  • <11>SBC8342 Bibliographic reference: MEF & ARP 1985(3 MAY) FIELD VISIT; PHOTOS ON CAS F ILE).
  • <12>SBC10868 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 91 NE 2 1971(JUNE) (ON CAS FILE).
  • <13>SBC19041 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <14>SBC597 Verbal communication: ARP 1990(12 JUNE) PERS COMM TO JPP.
  • <15>SBC10488 Map: OS 1984 1:2500 MAP.
  • <16>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF086874.
  • <17>SBC25497 Digital archive: Historic England. 2020. Heritage at Risk Register 2020.
  • <18>SBC25511 Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. Heritage at Risk Register 2021.
  • <19>SBC25896 Digital archive: Historic England. 2022. Heritage at Risk Register 2022.
  • <20>SBC26583 Digital archive: Historic England. 2023. Heritage at Risk Register 2023.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9721 1934 (183m by 221m)
Civil Parish EDLESBOROUGH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: Farley M E (BCM) Field visit Sept/Nov 1973 (EBC15806)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13834)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC14030)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2023 2:04PM

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