Building record 1073600000 - CHARMANDEAN SCHOOL (TILE HOUSE).

Summary

Nineteenth century Elizabethan-style country house built in 1882, now a school.

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  • Listed Building (II) 1215100: CHARMANDEAN SCHOOL

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Type and Period (2)

  • COUNTRY HOUSE (Built 1882, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • SCHOOL (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. Country house, now school. Dated ER 1882 on plaque and rainwater heads. By Ewan Christian for Abraham John Robarts. Crimson brick and terracotta dressings, tiled roof. Neo-Elizabethan with clusters of tall patterned chimney shafts, mullion and transom windows and irregularly gabled facades. Some gables have terracotta panels with foliage and heraldry in the Arts and Crafts style, one inscribed 'Marjorie and Alice Robarts 1882'. Two storeys and attic. S.E. front has round oriel window and projecting square tower with sundials and ogee lead roof to right. Rear has recessed central section with semi-circular staircase projection. Interior: in similar style with wooden panelling and ribbed plaster ceilings (B1).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC19250 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p27.
  • <2>SBC22867 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2007. Information from OS 6-inch and 25-inch historic mapping.
  • <3>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.
  • <4>SBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer. p36.
  • <5>SBC25647 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2022. Tile House, Lillingstone Dayrell: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire.

Location

Grid reference SP 68551 39537 (point)
Civil Parish LILLINGSTONE DAYRELL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 27 2022 8:21PM

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