Building record 1319400000 - HUGHENDEN MANOR FARMHOUSE
Summary
Late seventeenth or early eighteenth century farmhouse at Manor Farm.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II*) 1125184: HUGHENDEN MANOR FARMHOUSE
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FARMHOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD? to 1799 AD?)
Description
Grade II. Good example of a late C17 or early C18 Chilterns farmhouse. Red stretchers, grey headers, rubble base, hipped old tiled roof with wooden modillion cornice. 2 storeys and attic, plinth, 1st floor band. 6 flush sashes under red cutter flat arches; glazing bars. Left central doorway. 6 panel door, oblong fanlight, gabled hood on console brackets. Hughenden Manor Farmhouse and Barns form a group (B1).
Complete scheme of 18th century mural paintings discovered in 1933 during repairs to the house. Painted on wooden panelling and depicting a mountainous lanscape with figures hunting and fishing (B3).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE. p22.
- <2>SBC23598 Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2009. Manor Farm, Hughenden: A Historic Building Survey and Character Appraisal.
- <3>SBC23626 Article in serial: Francis W Reader. 1934. 'Further Discoveries of Domestic Mural Paintings', in Records of Buckinghamshire 14 pp42-47. Vol 13, part 1. pp44-45, plate II.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 85754 95114 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (4)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13570)
Record last edited
Feb 24 2010 12:52PM
