Building record 1101600000 - THE OLD HOUSE, 6 MURSLEY ROAD

Summary

Late sixteenth century timber-framed house with eighteenth century timber-framed stable block, altered and extended in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1214164: THE OLD HOUSE (DBC4368)

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Type and Period (4)

  • HOUSE (16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1899 AD)
  • STABLE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Grade II. House. Late C16 T-plan house, much altered and extended late C18- early C19, with attached C18 former stable wing. Original house has timber frame with herringbone brick infill, now externally concealed with render. Extensions are of rendered brick. Old tile roofs, central chimney with 4 linked square shafts of thin brick, rebuilt. Rendered parapets to main block. 2 storeys and attic. N front of 3 bays has C19 3-light wooden casements to outer bays and small 3-pane sash with architrave frame to centre of first floor. Central late C19-C20 gabled porch. Single storey extensions at each end, that to right with parapet and stone plaque with shield and motto 'Nec Prece/ Nec Pretio' in brick surround. Right gable of main block has 4-light leaded casement to attic. Rear has 7 bays of 3 pane sash windows in moulded architrave frames with board hoods. 3 centre bays project with shallow gable forming minimal pediment containing blind roundel. Flanking hipped dormers have moulded cornices and paired leaded casements. Later extensions to left. Stable wing is of red and vitreous brick with moulded brick eaves, partly rebuilt C19, to N, and of pebbledash over timber frame with brick infill to S. Old tile roofs, flanking brick chimneys, 1½ storeys, 5 bays. S front has 2 gabled semi-dormers and C19-C20 gabled projection to centre, N front has 2 carriage entries to left, and 4-pane sashes flanking stable door with barred rectangular fanlight to right, all with segmental heads. 3 irregular openings to first floor. Interior of house remodelled early C19 but retains 2 moulded stone fireplaces with 4-centred arches to ground floor, and 3 similar fireplaces to first floor. RCHM II P289 Mon. 2 (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC20017 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bucks: Aylesbury Vale: Parishes of Dunton &C. p58.
  • <2>SBC25572 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2021. The Old House, Swanbourne: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire.

Location

Grid reference SP 80294 27257 (point)
Civil Parish SWANBOURNE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Mar 17 2022 9:55PM

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