Building record 0200502000 - HUGHENDEN PARK

Summary

Late nineteenth century stable block and attached kitchen garden wall

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332071: STABLE BLOCK AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALLS AT HUGHENDEN MANOR

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Type and Period (4)

  • STABLE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • ORDNANCE STORE (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) PRODUCTIVE WALLED GARDEN (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • GARDEN WALL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. Stable block, now garages, shop and dwelling, with walls surrounding former kitchen garden to east. Late C19, probably by E.B. Lamb. Stables are of red brick with hipped slate roofs. Courtyard plan with 2-storey house at N. end, 5-bay coach-house to W., garages to E, and gatehouse to S. House has irregular sash windows and central archway. Coach-house has central gabled loft entry. More elaborate gatehouse has stepped parapet with brick cogging, stone coping and central ogee finial. Off-set and dentilled cornice below. Central shaped wooden gates in double chamfered segmental arch with keyblock. Flanking bays are set slightly back and have single lights with keyblocks and pendants. To right is brick garden wall stepped down in 3 stages to gateway at angle. This gateway has matching stepped parapet, and double gates in segmental arch of 2 orders. Re-sited stone sundial dated 1749. Remainder of wall is of flint and brick (B5).
The Stables at Hughenden Manor became a sorting centre for arms and equipment for the Home Guard (B10).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC15632 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP 57-59.
  • <2>SBC4323 Bibliographic reference: DOWNS R.S 1881 HISTORY OF HUGHENDEN, RECSOFBUCKSPP176-237"".
  • <3>SBC11715 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE P173.
  • <4>SBC9888 Bibliographic reference: NATIONAL TRUST 1976 HUGHENDEN MANOR.
  • <5>SBC20224 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Wycombe District: Parishes of Bledlow &C.
  • <6>SBC7297 Bibliographic reference: LANGLEY T 1797 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF HUNDRED OF DESBOROUGH PP294-295.
  • <7>SBC6471 Bibliographic reference: HUGHENDEN MANOR GROUND PLANS (FILED).
  • <8>SBC4637 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England: Buckinghamshire. Part 4.
  • <9>SBC19125 Unpublished document: W L Matthews & Angus Wainwright. 1993. National Trust Archaeological Survey: Hughenden Manor.
  • <10>SBC22803 Bibliographic reference: Lt Col L W Kentish. 1946. ‘Home Guard’ BUX 4, Records and Reminiscences of the 4th Buckinghamshire Battalion Home Guard’. p72.

Location

Grid reference SU 86130 95450 (point)
Civil Parish HUGHENDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13598)

Record last edited

May 17 2023 7:38PM

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