Building record 1058800000 - WINDMILL HILL FARMHOUSE

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed farmhouse at Windmill Hill Farm.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1320170: WINDMILL HILL FARMHOUSE (DBC4157)

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Type and Period (2)

  • FARMHOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. House. C17, altered. Timber frame with whitewashed brick infill, grourd floor of 3 bays to left rebuilt in whitewashed brick. Old tile roof, large brick chimney between right-hand bays. 2 storeys, 4 bays, left bay gabled and projecting. Irregular C19 and C20 wooden casements, that to ground floor left a semi-circular 3-light window. C20 door in second bay. Gabled 2-storey porch projection between right-hand bays has C20 door and paired barred wooden casement above. C20 lean-to with door and casement to left. Range of C19-C20 single storey outbuildings atcached to N.W. corner is not of special interest. RCHM II p339 Mon.3 (B1).

Windmill Farm is two-storeyed, the walls are covered with rough-cast but are probably of brick, and the roofs are tiled. the plan is F-shaped and probably of the late C16th, but much altered and with modern additions. the wings have gables and there is a large central chimney stack. Condition - Good (B2).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC19252 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale District: Parishes of Aston Abbotts &C. p72.
  • <2>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 2 North. Volume 2. p339.
  • <3>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 87071 18812 (point)
Civil Parish WINGRAVE WITH ROWSHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 5 2026 12:54PM

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