Building record 0256700000 - GRANGE FARMHOUSE

Summary

Early seventeenth century timber-framed house.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1288363: GRANGE FARMHOUSE
  • SHINE: Beachampton shrunken medieval village earthworks with associated ridge and furrow earthworks

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • HOUSE (Dated 1629, 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 20m, Width 11m.
Plan Form - Subrectangular.
Window bears date 1629 & initials 'W E' (ie, of former owner, William Elmer?)(B1).
Description (B5).
Grade II. House. Dated 1629. W.E. on plaque over porch window. For William Elmer. Whitewashed rubble stone to ground floor and return walls of side wing, timber framed first floor, jettied to front, with whitewashed brick infill and braces to gable ends. Old tile roofs with bargeboards and cross finials to gables, central stacks. L-plan, side wing projects to right. Two storeys. Main wing: has three bays. 3-light leaded casements to outer bays and first floor gable end of side wing. Timber lintels to ground floor windows. Lower left-hand window flanked by small rectangular recesses with timber lintels. Centre bay has two storey timber framed gabled porch, first floor jettied on three sides with dragon beams. Ground floor open to front and part of left side, remainder has heavy turned wooden balusters with brick infill below. First floor has small 3-light leaded oriel window to front on central bracket and with date plaque to gabled top. Stop-chamfered door frames. Hipped single storey extension to left of main wing, lean-to to rear. RCHM II p.63 MON 8 (B6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p261.
  • <2>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p63.
  • <3>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p149.
  • <4>SBC10476 Map: OS 1978 1:2500 MAP.
  • <5>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p61.
  • <6>SBC19250 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p18.

Location

Grid reference SP 77662 36602 (point)
Civil Parish BEACHAMPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit by Historic Buildings Officer (EBC13585)

Record last edited

Oct 28 2024 3:12PM

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