Building record 0191401000 - THE BURY

Summary

Early eighteenth century country house known as The Bury, with later alterations and extensions

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1124657: THE BURY (DBC6154)

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Type and Period (2)

MANOR HOUSE (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
COUNTRY HOUSE (Dated 1712 or 1716, 18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

PRESENT HOUSE BUILT C17 (B1).
LEAD WATERPIPES DATED 1712. W WING ADDED 1853 (B2).
AT NGR B4).
Grade II. Country house built for William Lowndes (1652-1724) Secretary to the Treasury in the reign of Queen Anne. Date 1716 on rainwater heads. Original 5 bay front extended in late C18 to 7 bays. Wing added 1853. Red brickwork with rusticated quoins. 2 storeys, cornice, panelled parapet. Sash windows with glazing bars under cambered cutter arches. 2 ground floor segmental bow windows, 1st floor Venetian window either end. Entrance front Neo-Tudor wing over carriage arch. Neo-Georgian north garden arcade connecting house with summer house. Interior retains some original panelling. The Bury, the Stables and the North and South Lodges form a group (B6).
Buildings report dated Nov 1980 - Aug 1981 held at NMR (B8).

Sources (5)

<1>SBC13602 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 3 (1862) P73.
<2>SBC13615 Article in serial: W Niven. 1909. Historical notes included in acount of 1909 Annual Excursion of BAS, in RECS OF BUCKS 9 (1909) PP453-454 & Plate. Vol 9.
<4>SBC10865 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SP 90 SE 5 (FILED).
<6>SBC3584 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. pp19-20.
<8>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF105425.

Location

Grid reference	SP 95629 01474 (point)
Civil Parish	CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire