Building record 0147101000 - OLD HEDSOR HOUSE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1159253: GARDEN WALLS TO SOUTH OF HEDSOR PRIORY (DBC5419)
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Type and Period (2)
- MANOR HOUSE (Dated 1583, 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
- GARDEN WALL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
REMAINS OF OLD HEDSOR HOUSE CONSIST OF 3 WALLS BUILT OF FLINT & CLUNCH IN CHEQUER PATTERN; THEY NOW ENCLOSE A GARDEN, BUT ARE PART OF OUTER WALLS OF HOUSE. ON SE WALL IS STONE, 'R.H.1583'. SE & SW WALLS HAVE LOW ARCHED RECESSES ?FIREPLACES. ALSO NICHES (?BEE BOLES) & ARCHED DOORWAYS (B3-6).
Grade II. Garden walls. Dated RH 158(3) on block in S.E. wall; part restored C19; part of S.W, wall rebuilt c. 1971. For Roland Hynd who re-edified the church. Knapped flint and chalk block in chequer pattern; narrow brick quoins; early C19 tiled coping with course of cogged brick below. High L-plan wall with spur to house on N.E. side, and lower spur with archway at W. end. Archway has 4-centred arch of wave-moulded brick in hollow-chamfered square- headed surround. Spur to house has 2 niches with pointed heads, possibly small bee-boles. Both main walls each have central recess with low 4-centred brick arch. Later buttresses. Wall may incorporate walls of medieval building (B4).
Sources (4)
- <3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p194.
- <4>SBC4242 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Wycombe District: Parishes of Chepping Wycombe &C. p22.
- <5>SBC7301 Bibliographic reference: Thomas Langley. 1797. The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough and Deanery of Wycombe. p278.
- <6>SBC9868 Bibliographic reference: NAR SU 98 NW 4 & 13.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 90780 86147 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEDSOR, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Apr 10 2026 6:22PM