Monument record 0253701000 - THORNTON COLLEGE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- (Former Type) GREAT HOUSE (Medieval to 18th Century - 1066 AD to 1799 AD)
Description
THE PRESENT HOUSE OF C.1850 INCORPORATES A MEDIEVAL HOUSE (B6).
IN C.1694 DESCRIBED AS 'A GOOD OLD HOUSE, LOW, BUT RUNNES MUCH ON THE GROUND' (B1).
IN 1755 AS BEING 'OVER 500 YRS OLD, LARGE, QUADRANGLED, WITH A GALLERY 135 FT LONG RUNNING THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF 1 SIDE' (B2).
MED HOUSE ALTERED LATE C18 (B6).
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC9229 Bibliographic reference: C Morris (ed). 1949. The Journeys of Celia Fiennes c1694. p29.
- <2>SBC16731 Bibliographic reference: WILLIS B 1755 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES-- OF BUCKINGHA M PP311-2.
- <3>SBC15896 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 P243.
- <4>SBC10450 Map: OS 1972 1:2500 MAP.
- <5>SBC11692 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
- <6>SBC19250 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p68.
Location
Grid reference | SP 75140 36250 (point) |
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Civil Parish | THORNTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2019 12:07PM