Building record 1051800000 - CHERRY ORCHARD FARMHOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed house, original timber-framed wing is seventeenth century, but the complete house/range now includes an eighteenth century barn and twentieth century extensions

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1115999: CHERRY ORCHARD FARMHOUSE (DBC2026)

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Type and Period (1)

  • HOUSE (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. House. C17 2-bay wing to NE, with C18 range, possibly once a barn, forming L-plan, altered C19, and with C20 L-plan extensions to south. Original ranges have some timber framing with white washed brick infill but have been partly rebuilt in whitewashed brick. NE end is covered with whitewashed render and is partly obscured by C20 lean-to. Half-hipped thatch roofs. C17 wing has central brick chimney and is of 1 ½ storeys, remainder of 2 storeys. Irregular wooden casements, some C19, and doors, C20 extensions are of colourwashed brick and thatch with large bay windows at S end (B1).
AVDC Conservation team note that the building was once used as a laundry for Stockgrove (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19252 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale District: Parishes of Aston Abbotts &C. p14.
  • <2>SBC20299 Unpublished document: Aylesbury Vale District Council. Copy of Listed Buildings Information Card for Cherry Orchard Farmhouse, Heath Lane, Great Brickhill.

Location

Grid reference SP 91656 30175 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT BRICKHILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Mar 23 2016 6:07PM

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