Building record 1518100001 - 1 Rosebery Mews (Dairy Farm), Cheddington Road

Summary

Mid-nineteenth century farmhouse at Dairy Farm, built about 1850s-1860s

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Mentmore Conservation Area

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Type and Period (2)

  • FARMHOUSE (Built about 1850s-1860s, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) ESTATE BUILDING (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Originally the farmhouse for the estate Dairy Farm, c.1850s-60s. 2 storey, red brick with blue slate roof.
Flemish bond brickwork. Decorative bargeboards to east gable. Gabled central porch with decorative
half-timbering in gable. Modern extension with conservatory half-octagon end to conservatory. Plain
timber casements painted mid-grey with cambered brick heads.
Significance: The farmhouse for the estate Dairy Farm, survives intact; forms the focus of the farmstead,
part of a group of model farms built by 1879 and possibly as early as the 1850s.
Issues: The setting has altered with the change of use of the farm to residential. A local note building within the conservation area of Mentmore (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>XYSBC23698 Unpublished document: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2019. Mentmore Conservation Area Review. [Mapped feature: #44888 ]

Location

Grid reference SP 90930 19569 (point)
Civil Parish MENTMORE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2021 10:41AM

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