Monument record 0185500000 - MISSENDEN ABBEY

Summary

Missenden Abbey, built in the twelfth century and used until the Dissolution, converted into a house later

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1124783: MISSENDEN ABBEY
Planning Notification Area: Site of Medieval Augustinian monastery of Missenden Abbey

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Type and Period (2)

ABBEY (12th Century to 15th Century - 1100 AD to 1499 AD)
COUNTRY HOUSE (15th Century to 19th Century - 1400 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

ABBEY FOUNDED 1133. BUILDING REBUILT C15 & REPLACED WITH PALLADIAN MANOR IN C18. REMODELLED IN GOTHIC STYLE 1810-20. BURNT DOWN 1985. EXCAVATED 1983 & LATER WATCHING BRIEFS. [THIS IS TEMPORARY FILE PENDING FINAL REPORT: SEE CAS CARD FOR DETAILS & FULL REFERENCES] (B1-2).
Fragment of section of ?medieval moulded window mullion found on edge of driveway at Missenden Abbey (B7).
Architectural fragments probably from Missenden Abbey recovered from loose rubble thrown out in 1991 when concrete ring beam inserted for new belfry at SS Paul and Peter church (see also CAS 04237) (B8).
Dissertation examining the land holdings of Missenden Abbey in Great and Little Missenden parishes (B12).
Site of a medieval abbey belonging to the Arroasian (later Augustinian) canons (B13).
Buildings report dated Mar 1968 - Nov 1985 held at NMR (B14).

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---SBC17410 Aerial Photograph: 06/03/92. BCM A16/1/11-12. SP\897012. Yes.
---SBC17412 Aerial Photograph: 06/03/92. BCM A16/1/15-17. SP\898008. Yes.
<1>SBC2466 Bibliographic reference: CAS CARD 1855.
<2>SBC14070 Bibliographic reference: SCRIMGEOUR G E JUNE 1987.
<3>SBC19433 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p43, amended at unknown date.
<4>SBC14785 Article in serial: 1992. SOUTH MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGY 22 P21. Vol 22.
<5>SBC4633 Bibliographic reference: ENGLISH HERITAGE 1994 REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN ENGLAND: PART 4 .
<6>SBC19256 Bibliographic reference: Browne Willis. 1717. An History of the Mitred Parliametary Abbies. Vol 2. p29.
<7>SBC19497 Unpublished document: Davis M C J. 1999. Report on mullion found in driveway.
<8>SBC19499 Unpublished document: Davis M C J. 1996. Architectural fragments from Missenden Abbey at SS Peter and Paul church.
<9>SBC22686 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2000 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Dendrochronology Database.
<10>SBC22753 Unpublished document: Chiltern Archaeology. 2006. Missenden Abbey grounds (south): Resistivity survey.
<11>SBC22754 Graphic material: Buckinghamshire County Museam. 1969. Measured plan of features in lawn S of Missenden Abbey.
<12>SBC22225 Unpublished document: Mike C J Davis. 2004. The Landscape of Missenden Abbey.
<13>SBC20011 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2001. Chilterns Chalk Streams Project: Chess & Misbourne Valleys - Archaeological Assessment.
<14>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF033007.
<15>SBC23385 Article in serial: John Parker. 1891. Missenden Abbey.
<16>SBC25071 Article in serial: Yvonne Edwards, Jill Hender & Marion Wells et al. 2018. 'Archaeological Investigations at Missenden Abbey, 1983-88', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 58, part 2. Vol 58, part 2.
<17>SBC26721 Unpublished document: Dorothea Restorations Ltd. 1996. Warren Bridge, Great Missenden - Restoration Proposals.

Location

Grid reference	SP 89750 01000 (point)
Civil Parish	GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

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Related Events/Activities (4)

Event - Intervention: (EBC10259)
Event - Intervention: Excavation at Missenden Abbey 1988 (EBC18059)
Event - Intervention: Excavations at Missenden Abbey in 1983 (EBC18057)
Event - Intervention: Watching briefs undertaken at Missenden Abbey (EBC18058)

Record last edited

Jan 22 2024 12:41PM