Building record 0240401000 - THE OLD RECTORY, WINDSOR END, BEACONSFIELD

Summary

Sixteenth century timber-framed house, The Old Rectory, restored in 1901 and 1974, now in use as parish rooms. Constructed of brick, timber and plaster, with a tiled roof. Surrounds 3 sides of a courtyard. Used for parochial purposes. Purported to be on site of Benedictine cell or sub-priory of Burnham Abbey but no documentary evidence to support that assertion.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II*) 1160916: THE OLD RECTORY (ADJOINING WEST SIDE OF CHURCHYARD) (DBC1614)

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Type and Period (5)

MANOR HOUSE? (Built 1534, 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
VICARAGE (Built 1534, 16th Century to Modern - 1500 AD to 1974 AD)
WALL PAINTING (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
(Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
(Alternate Type) JETTIED HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 23m, Width 18m.
Plan Form - E-shaped.
On 2 of chimnetpieces & over small gateway in outer walls are the arms of Burnham Abbey, which held Beaconsfield Manor, this was probably the capital messuage (B1).
2 storey house, early C16. Forms 3 sides of courtyard, with wall enclosing 4th. (Full description) (B2).
Grade II+. C16, completely restored in 1901. Brick; timber and plaster; tiled roof. Surrounds 3 sides of a courtyard. Hall on west, and enclosing wall and doorway on east. Contemporary doorways, carved stone fireplaces, other features, and later panelling. Used for parochial purposes (B3).
An important early C16 house built as the parsonage by William Rawson in 1534. (More detail) (B6).
Remains of paintings on the fireplace and two posts in the north wall of a room at the east end of the north wing. One post has a female head and shoulders in Elizabethan costume, and there are traces of other figures and ornament (B7).
Buildings report held at NMR (B8).

(SU 9446 8996) The Old Rectory (NR) (1)

Built in the first half of the 16th C and said to be on the site of a cell of Burnham Abbey. It was restored in 1901 and is now used for parochial purposes. (2)

The Old Rectory; an obviously restored building as described by RCHM; partly used as a parish hall etc and partly let out in flats. Condition good. (See ground photos) (B8).

Said to have served for a time as a sub-priory to Burnham, but no documentary evidence of this appears to have been found -b11- (B9).

No further information; the house is not outstanding. (B10)

NRHE Insert 2002, Update 2001 (B12)

Sources (11)

<1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp156,157-158.
<2>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p42 (item 4) & plate opposite p44.
<3>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p42.
<6>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p172.
<7>SBC13190 Article in serial: Francis W Reader. 1933. 'Tudor Mural Paintings in the Lesser Houses in Bucks', in Recs of Bucks Vol 12 pp368-398 & Plates I-XIV. Vol 12, No 7. p397.
<8>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF083001.
<8>SBC28251 Verbal communication: C F Wardale (Ordnance Survey Field Investigator). 1962. Field Investigators Comments - F1 CFW 23-JUL-62.
<9>SBC7170 Bibliographic reference: D Knowles & R N Hadcock. 1971. MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS HOUSES in England and Wales.
<10>SBC28225 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F2 JRL 20-SEP-74.
<11>SBC28253 Bibliographic reference: E S Roscoe. 1950. Little Guide to Buckinghamshire.
<12>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Object No. BF083001.

Location

Grid reference	SU 94457 89969 (point)
Civil Parish	BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire