Building record 0210401000 - DORNEY COURT

Summary

Late fifteenth century timber-framed manor house known as Dorney Court, with later alterations and extensions. Former manor house with original 15th century hall, rebuilt circa 1500, altered 18th century,restored 1950's. Surviving as a roofed building.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (I) 1124439: DORNEY COURT (DBC1363)

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Type and Period (4)

MANOR HOUSE (15th Century to 19th Century - 1400 AD to 1899 AD)
HALL HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
(Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (15th Century - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
COUNTRY HOUSE (15th Century to Modern - 1400 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

FIRST REF TO MANOR HOUSE 1514 (B2).
(ACCOUNT OF HOUSE C.1670, WHERE 1ST PINEAPPLE GROWN IN ENGLAND). C.1712 HOUSE CONSISTED OF 2 LARGE QUADRANGLES & E TOWER (B3).
BUILT C.1500. TIMBER FRAME & BRICK INFILL. 2 STOREYS, 5 BAYS, GABLED & BARGE BOARDED. ORIGINAL C15 HALL WITH SCREENS & DIAS & PANELLING (B4-6).
Grade I. Circa 1500, altered. Timber-framed with red brick infill; old tile roof. East (entrance) front essentially symmetrical. Two storeys; 5 bays, all gabled and barge-boarded, the centre one an open porch with 4-centred arch and oriel window above. First floor of left-hand gable oversails. Bold star-shaped chimneys. Interior with original C15 hall with fine roof with arched braces, big fireplace with tracery and linenfold panelling from Faversham Abbey, Kent. RCHM I, p.129; CL, LVI, pp.136, 176 and 727 (B5).

Manor House (B11) or Dorney Court is a building of the early Tudor period, built about 1510, partly rebuilt in the 18th century, and recently been conservatively restored.
Externally the walls of the older parts are in places timber- framed with an infilling of thin bricks. (B4 and B12)

Dorney Court is situated at SU 9252 7902. As described. (B13)

Sources (9)

<2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp845-846.
<3>SBC8123 Article in serial: MAIDENHEAD & TAPLOW FIELD CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 8 (18 90-91) P22.
<4>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. pp129-131.
<5>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p123.
<6>SBC11151 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 97 NW 05 (FILED) & SUBSEQUENT OS FIELD INVESTIGATION.
<11>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3.
<12>SBC27737 Serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1910-16. Records of Buckinghamshire Volume 10. Volume 10.
<13>SBC28113 Verbal communication: Robert L B Work. 1953. Field Investigators Comments- F1 RLW 20-APR-53.
<14>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SU 92520 79020 (point)
Civil Parish	DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire