Monument record 0047100000 - CHURCH FARM, EDLESBOROUGH

Summary

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

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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).

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---SBC17409 Aerial Photograph: 06/03/92. BCM A16/1/1-2. SP\971193. Yes.
<1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p672.
<2>SBC5961 Article in serial: Frederick G Gurney. 1914. 'TWO XVTH CENTURY NEIGHBOURS IN EDLESBOROUGH', IN RECS OF BUCKS 10 PP283-298. Vol 10, part 5. pp296-297.
<3>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. pp109-110, Illustration p112.
<4>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp351,360.
<5>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire.
<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