Monument record 0055601000 - QUARRENDON, S OF CHURCH RUIN

Summary

Originally thought to be site of sixteenth century great house, but now believed to be part of formal garden after field survey

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Ancient Monument 1013416: DESERTED VILLAGES AND CIVIL WAR EARTHWORK (DBC7105)

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Type and Period (1)

(Former Type) GREAT HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

NO REMAINS OF THE BUILDINGS WHERE SIR HENRY LEE ENTERTAINED QUEEN ELIZABETH I IN 1592. LEE BUILT A LARGE MANSION HERE, PULLED DOWN PARTLY C.1666 & PARTLY IN 1713. SOME TIMBER WORK IN CHURCH FARM MAY BELONG TO IT (B1-2,B5-6).
MANSION (1560) ENTRENCHED BEHIND A BIG EARTHEN WALL (01:001)(B3-4).
NGR (B11).
Reinterpretation of earthworks following RCHME topographical survey, Sir Henry Lee's mansion no longer thought to have occupied this particular site, now purely formal water garden related (B18).

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---SBC17284 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/75. BCM A1/5/12. SP\798156. Yes.
---SBC17395 Aerial Photograph: 05/02/90. BCM A14/8/22A. SP\801157. Yes.
---SBC17794 Aerial Photograph: 25/07/48. CUC BV 89. SP\802157. Yes.
---SBC17814 Aerial Photograph: 09/04/49. CUC CA 80-83. SP\801158. Yes.
---SBC17846 Aerial Photograph: 06/09/80. CUC CNH 40. SP\801159. Yes.
---SBC18423 Aerial Photograph: 06/02/85. NMR SP7915/10/154. SP\799157. Yes.
<1>SBC7638 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 PP401-406.
<2>SBC14463 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP738-739.
<3>SBC264 Bibliographic reference: ALLCROFT A H 1908 EARTHWORK OF ENGLAND PP479,553,6 10.
<4>SBC12693 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P273.
<5>SBC16033 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 PP100-101.
<6>SBC2827 Bibliographic reference: CHAMBERS E K 1936 SIR HENRY LEE PP216,237-238.
<7>SBC1634 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M W & ST JOSEPH J K 1958 MEDIEVAL ENGLAN D,AN AERIAL SURVEY PP57-59.
<8>SBC6550 Bibliographic reference: Hurst J G. NOTES ON QUARRENDON.
<9>SBC5756 Bibliographic reference: GOWING C N & FARLEY M E SEPT 1973 FIELD VISIT.
<10>SBC13957 Scheduling record: SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUM ENTS/HBMC JAN 1990.
<11>SBC10942 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP81 NW7.
<12>SBC13168 Graphic material: 1989-1990. RCHM(E),1989-1990 (COPY OF SURVEY IN CAS FILE 0407).
<18>SBC19329 Article in serial: Paul Everson. 2001. Peasants, Peers and Graziers: The Landscape of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire, interpreted.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 8005 1574 (300m by 340m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish	QUARRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire