Building record 0108900000 - CHELMSCOTE MANOR

Summary

House, incorporating part of fourteenth century chapel, converted to dwelling in the sixteenth or seventeenth century and much restored and extended in the twentieth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1320149: CHELMSCOTE MANOR
  • Planning Notification Area: Remains of Medieval manor and hamlet of Chelmscote
  • Planning Notification Area: Remains of Medieval manor and hamlet of Chelmscote

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Type and Period (1)

  • MANOR HOUSE (14th Century to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 23m, Width 20m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
House, part originally chapel. Mid-C14, converted to house C16/17, restored & extended C20. Original range is to S (B8).
Large house, appears mostly C20 from outside, but S side is surprisingly complete survival of C14 chapel (B6).
NGR to chapel/manor house (B5).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p464.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p749.
  • <3>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p269.
  • <4>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp415-416.
  • <5>SBC10479 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS 1979 1:2500 MAP. Paper. 1:2,500.
  • <6>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p84.
  • <7>SBC10951 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP82 NE 3.
  • <8>SBC19252 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale District: Parishes of Aston Abbotts &C. p21.
  • <9>SBC19590 Verbal communication: Sandy Kidd (BCC). 2002. Kidd A to Wise J May 2002 Comments re watching brief.
  • <10>SBC23460 Article in serial: Unknown. 1955-6. Records of Bucks notes. Vol 16, part 2, 112.

Location

Grid reference SP 89720 27330 (point)
Civil Parish SOULBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13592)

Record last edited

Nov 8 2024 1:44PM

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