Building record 0281401002 - ADDINGTON OLD MANOR HOUSE

Summary

Seventeenth century old manor house, mostly demolished in the nineteenth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1214529: ADDINGTON GRANGE AND ADDINGTON HOUSE AND ADDINGTON PLACE AND PARK HOUSE

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • MANOR HOUSE (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
  • MILITARY BASE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 16m, Width 8m.
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
TRADITIONALLY BUILT BY WINDSOR FAMILY (B1).
REBUILT 1857 TO HARDWICK'S DESIGNS (B2).
OLD MANOR HOUSE OF 2 STOREYS & CELLAR. BRICK WALLS, STONE DRESSINGS. BUILT C17, PART OF A LARGE HOUSE FORMERLY EXTENDING S. MUCH OF ORIGINAL HOUSE PULLED DOWN 1859-60 & REDUCED TO 2 STOREYS (B3,B5).
AT NGR (B11).
Grade II. Formerly Addington House, now 4 flats. Late C17 much altered 1859-60 and C20. Red brick with stone quoins, plinth moulding, first floor band course, cornice and architrave windows with central keyblocks. Hipped slate roofs, brick chimneys with square shafts set diagonally. Two storeys. S. front has three bays with barred sash windows and central panelled door with rectangular fanlight in rendered architrave surround with cornice on scroll brackets over. W. Side has six bays, that to left set back, bays 2 and 3 slightly projecting. Right-hand bays are irregular and have dentilled brick eaves. Six panelled door with rectangular fanlight and flat cornice hood on elaborately carved scroll brackets in fourth bay has flanking tall narrow casements. Additional bay of one storey to right has pierced parapet, band course, similar sash window and C20 glazed door. Garage to far right with attic dormer above. Included for group value (B10).
During WW2 Addington House was used as a safe house for four families of members of the Czechoslovac Military Intelligence (B15).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC16697 Bibliographic reference: WILLIS B 1755 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF BUCKINGHAM PP111-118.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. pp253-254.
  • <3>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. pp53-54.
  • <5>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p45.
  • <10>SBC19250 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p2.
  • <11>SBC10473 Map: OS 1977 1:2500 MAP.
  • <15>SBC22395 Digital archive: Neil Rees. 2004. Czechoslovaks in the Aylesbury Vale.

Location

Grid reference SP 74245 28575 (point)
Civil Parish ADDINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Oct 28 2024 3:34PM

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