Building record 0175101000 - MEDMENHAM ABBEY
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II*) 1310928: MEDMENHAM ABBEY, ABBEY HOUSE AND WALL WITH ARCH TO FORECOURT
Map
Type and Period (1)
- COUNTRY HOUSE (Built 1595, 16th Century to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
GRADE II+. BUILT 1595 FOR SIR FRANCIS DUFFIELD. RUINED FOLLY TOWER & 'CLOISTER' ARCADE ADDED TO SE BY NICHOLAS REVETT FOR SIR FRANCIS DASHWOOD & 'HELL-FIRECLUB', 1755. W WING ADDED & REST RESTORED 1898 BY ROMAINE WALKER [DETAILED DESCRIPTION](B6-7). COLUMN, FROM ABBEY CHURCH? (B2,6). ?C19 WATERCOLOURS (B8). NO CERTAIN MED WORK IN SITU (B11). Reference to late addition of a ruined tower and cloister 'made wih no much taste' (B17).
Watching brief carried out by Mike Farley in 1999-2000 during extensive works to house confirmed that house appears to have been a completely new build in the Tudor period, possibly in the area of the former W cloister range. The flint wall at the N end of the house and fragments of moulded stone incorporated into the façade appear to be the only surviving remains of the medieval buildings incorporated into the Tudor house (B19).
Sources (7)
- <2>SBC7341 Bibliographic reference: LANGLEY T 1797 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDRED OF DESBOROUGH PP340-344.
- <6>SBC12686 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P255.
- <7>SBC4242 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1987. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST; BUCKS: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: PARISHES OF CHEPPING WYCOMBE &C. p52.
- <8>SBC16431 Bibliographic reference: WATERCOLOURS NOTED IN COLLECTIONS OF SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON, BURLINGTON HOUSE.
- <11>SBC4886 Unpublished document: Mike Farley (BCM). 1991. NOTES AND PLAN MADE DURING VISIT FOR WATCHING BRIEF.
- <17>SBC19423 Bibliographic reference: Britton J & Brayley EW. The Beauties of England and Wales I. p376.
- <19>SBC22264 Unpublished document: Michael Farley Archaeology. 2001. Medmenham Abbey, Medmenham: results from some archaeological watching briefs.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 80681 83829 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MEDMENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: (EBC14059)
Record last edited
Mar 10 2022 9:01AM
