Monument record 0153200000 - SALDEN HOUSE FARM

Summary

Historical records of sixteenth to eighteenth century great house, part of which is still standing and other parts were located in excavation

Protected Status/Designation

Planning Notification Area: Site of Medieval chapel and remains of Tudor mansion at Salden

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Type and Period (1)

GREAT HOUSE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Plan Form - SUBRECTANGULAR
MANSION BUILT C.1566, PART DEMOLISHED 1738-43 (B8).
E WING REMAINS, IS LISTED BUILDING (B5 & B12).
EXCAVATION FOUND A WINGED BUILDING (MARKED ON CAS MAP)(B9) & GARDEROBE, & OTHER BUILDING FOUNDATIONS (B6).
REFERENCE TO REMAINS OF MANSION, IE FISHPONDS, CELLARS, GARDEN TERRACES &C (B1).
NGR TO HOUSE (B3)
Watching brief carried out by AS&C in March 2011 during groundworks for a new tennis court SE of Salden House recorded the remains of an earthwork bank comprising 0.14m-1.2m thick silty clay make-up layers with significant quantities of brick and tile fragments and large limestone blocks, presumably from the Tudor great house or more recent farm buildings (B16).

Sources (16)

<1>SBC6917 Article in serial: W H Kelke. 1855. 'DESECRATED CHURCHES OF BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 1 PP86-97.
<2>SBC14459 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP720-1 (& REFERENCE TO LIST OF CHAPLAINS OF SALDEN IN COLE MSS, BRITISH MUSEUM).
<3>SBC13068 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 PP205-6.
<4>SBC15559 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P401.
<5>SBC11730 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE P212.
<6>SBC13477 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1969 18 P334.
<7>SBC16892 Article in serial: 1969. WOLVERTON & DISTRICT ARCH SOC JNL 1969 2 PP9,16.
<8>SBC8181 Bibliographic reference: MARKHAM SIR F 1973 HISTORY OF MILTON KEYNES & DIST RICT VOL 1 PP175-6 & PLATE 11.
<9>SBC6708 Verbal communication: Peter Jarvis. 1974. JARVIS DR P N, 1974 (JAN), PERS COMM TO MEF.
<10>SBC4602 Bibliographic reference: G R Elvey. 1968. 'LUFFIELD PRIORY CHARTERS PTS I & II', IN BUCKS RECORD SOC 15 P72 (CHARTER70);1975 18 PPLXVIII,214-20 (CHARTER 540)..
<11>SBC6485 Bibliographic reference: M W Hughes (ed). 1940. 'FEET OF FINES FOR BUCKS', IN BUCKS RECORDS SOC 4 P96.
<12>SBC19045 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Parishes of Drayton Parslow, Great Horwood, Little Horwood, Mursley, Nash, Newton Longville, Whaddon, & town of Winslow.
<13>SBC22241 Verbal communication: Mike Farley. 2004. Mike Farley to Julia Wise (BCC) pers comm April 2004.
<14>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.
<15>SBC20291 Unpublished document: Aylesbury Vale District Council. Copy of AVDC Listed Buildings Information Card for Salden House Farmhouse, Mursley.
<16>SBC23937 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2011. Watching Brief: Salden Manor, Cooks Lane, Mursley.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 8241 2980 (320m by 300m)
Civil Parish	MURSLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

Event - Intervention: (EBC11647)
Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13590)
Event - Intervention: Watching brief (Ref: MSM 1375) (EBC17411)

Record last edited

Sep 20 2023 7:31PM