Building record 1163001000 - C.20M TO S OF OLD ARNGROVE FARM

Summary

Pair of seventeenth century gate piers at Old Arngrove Farm, believed to have come from Boarstall Manor.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1124285: PAIR OF GATE PIERS CIRCA 20 METRES TO SOUTH OF OLD ARNGROVE FARM (DBC4255)

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  • GATE PIER (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. Pair of gate piers. C17, altered. Ashlar. Square in plan with off-set pyramid caps. Said to have come from Boarstall Manor (B1-2).
'A cannonball of iron, weighing 9.5lbs, and found imbedded in one of those piers…is, no doubt, a relic of the siege of Boarstall House' (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC19811 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale: Parishes of Boarstall &C. p6.
  • <2>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. pp59-60.
  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p333.

Location

Grid reference SP 61058 13859 (point)
Civil Parish BOARSTALL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Oct 18 2024 10:34AM

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