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

Archaeological Notification Area: Remains of Medieval manor and hamlet of Chelmscote (DBC9915)
Archaeological Notification Area: Remains of Medieval manor and hamlet of Chelmscote (DBC9914)
Listed Building (II) 1320149: CHELMSCOTE MANOR (DBC3407)

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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. Little 14th century work survives, except two squints and a piscina inside the remains of the chapel. (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).

(SP 89712732) Chapel (NR) (B11).
A chapel of Chelmscott is mentioned in 1199. A license to build a chapel at Chelmscote, which now forms part of a farm residence, was obtained in 1343. There are traces of a moat (B2 and B4).
The greater part of Chelmscott Manor House was apparently a 14th century chapel and ante-chapel (B3).
The former chapel (dedication unknown), as described by MHLG, forms part of the south wing of Chelmscote Manor (name verified), now a rest home. See ground photograph. There is no trace of a moat. The slope feature shown on OS 25" to the south of the house is a disused sand quarry. Published survey (25") revised (B11).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (13)

<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 North. 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.
<11>SBC28494 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 6" 1958.
<12>SBC29208 Verbal communication: P A Stevens. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 PAS 25-APR-74.
<13>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 2005.

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

Feb 20 2026 3:23PM