Monument record 0194302000 - WOOBURN HOUSE

Summary

Site of eighteenth century manor house, demolished in 1963

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  • MANOR HOUSE (Demolished 1963, 18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

OLD MANSION PULLED DOWN 1750. MR BERTIE CONVERTED A STABLE WING TO A DWELLING. WHOLE WAS REFRONTED 1769 & ADDITIONS MADE (B2).
LARGE BRICK MANSION OCCUPYING SITE OF BISHOPS PALACE (B7).
KNOWN AS WOOBURN HOUSE (B1).
Wooburn House, built in 1769. Red brick, five bays with two pedimented lightly projecting wings. Two storeys, hipped roof (B5).
AT NGR (B8).
DEMOLISHED 1963; PRESENT 'MANOR HOUSE' IS FORMER MANOR FARM (SU91378826)(B6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp106-107,110.
  • <2>SBC7301 Bibliographic reference: T Langley. 1797. HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDRED OF DESBOROUGH PP442-453.
  • <5>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p301.
  • <6>SBC4242 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1987. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST; BUCKS: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: PARISHES OF CHEPPING WYCOMBE &C.
  • <7>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p914.
  • <8>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.

Location

Grid reference SU 91340 88180 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 5 2024 4:53PM

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