Building record 0202701000 - THE WILDERNESS

Summary

Field survey and historical records of seventeenth to eighteenth century country house on site of early sixteenth century manor house

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  • Listed Building ()
  • Listed Building (II) 1233921: THE WILDERNESS (DBC4037)

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Type and Period (2)

  • COUNTRY HOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)
  • MANOR HOUSE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0024 m Width 0014
REMAINS OF WHARTON'S LARGE C17 MANOR HOUSE, ON SITE OF MANOR RENTED BY J GOODWIN, EARLY C16 (B4).
C18 HOUSE ENLARGED/REBUILT & TAKEN DOWN 1 MARCH 1758 (B1).
C18 PICTURE OF COMPLETE HOUSE (B7), DILAPIDATED IN 1799 (B10).
EXTANT PORTION IS SHOWN IN C18 PICTURE: WAS STABLES/OFFICES (SEE NOTE)(B9,B11).

Sources (12)

  • ---SBC20728 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 2001. 2001 oblique AP by Mike Farley. SP74581426. Yes.
  • <1>SBC7562 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 1 PP536-567.
  • <2>SBC14428 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP440-441.
  • <3>SBC16049 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 PP122-124.
  • <4>SBC9210 Bibliographic reference: MORETON C O 1929 WADDESDON & OVER WINCHENDON PP136-138.
  • <5>SBC12439 Bibliographic reference: PRIOR F M AUG 1956 AN EARLY BUCKINGHAMSHIRE STUD IN THEBRITISHRACEHOR-SEPP201-206"(PHOTOCOPYFILEDWIT.
  • <6>SBC4874 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E (BCM) MAY 1974 FIELD VISIT.
  • <7>SBC15114 Graphic material: Peter Tillemans?. About 1720. 'A VIEW OF THE GARDENS & MAIN PARTERRE OF WINCHENDON HOUSE FROM THE EAST'.
  • <8>SBC6115 Bibliographic reference: John Harris. 1979. 'THE ARTIST & THE COUNTRY HOUSE: A HISTORY OF COUNTRY HOUSE & GARDEN VIEW PAINTING 1540-1870' PP140-141.
  • <9>SBC4215 Bibliographic reference: DOE 1985 LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST;BUCKS 2/367.
  • <10>SBC7922 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB G 1802 JOURNEY INTO SOUTH WALES...IN THE YEAR 1799 (LOCAL HIST-ORY LIBRARY)(COPY FILED).
  • <11>SBC11917 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) DECEMBER 1993 FIELD VISIT (SEE REPORT FILED).

Location

Grid reference SP 74745 14540 (point)
Civil Parish UPPER WINCHENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13539)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC136)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13966)

Record last edited

Nov 25 2019 9:24AM

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