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| HER Number | MWB4118 |
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| Record Type | Building |
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| Name | Manor Farmhouse, Bucklebury |
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Summary
Grade II listed timber framed farmhouse within complex once owned by John Winchcombe
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Listed Building (II) 1212778: MANOR FARMHOUSE
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 02415.05.000
- Old Listed Building Ref (pre 1984) (III): Map No 20 12/8 Manor Farm
C.17/18 with later additions. Two storey. Brick, part vitreous with red dressings. Old tile roof. An irregular block with C.18 north front, other part gabled. Interior?
Monument Type(s):
- HALL HOUSE (16th century - 1501 AD? to 1600 AD?)
- FARMHOUSE (16th century to Mid 20th century - 1551 AD? to 1950 AD)
Full Description
Manor Farmhouse is described as 16th century with 18th, 19th and 20th century additions including a large wing to the north <1>. It is timber framed with some later brick, but was probably a hall house of three bays <1><5>.
It lies within a manorial complex including fish ponds which was once owned by the Abbots of Reading and was then granted to John Winchcombe. Fire destroyed the greater part of the 'manor house' in 1830-3 <2>; it seems that this was the building later named Bucklebury House rather than this farmhouse. Due to the 'Manor' name being used for several different buildings, there is the possibility of some confusion.
Sources and further reading
| --- | 1950-83. Buildings included in the statutory list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, pre Review. WBC Network. Map No 20 12/8. [Unpublished document / SWB10875] |
| <01> | Department of the Environment. 1974-2000?. DOE List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Unpublished document / SWB10006] |
| <02> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1923. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks III 1923. Vol 3. p291. [Monograph / SWB10005]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3 (Accessed 08/03/2022) |
| <03> | Humphreys, Arthur L. 1932. Bucklebury - A Berkshire Parish. p309?. [Monograph / SWB9146] |
| <04> | Storey, C et al (ed). 1999. Bucklebury in Focus. p34?. [Monograph / SWB13951] |
| <05> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p220. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
Related Monuments
| MWB18091 | Bucklebury House (Building) |
| MWB4111 | Bucklebury Village (Monument) |
| MWB17308 | Manor Farm House, Bucklebury (formerly Bucklebury Farm) (Monument) |
| MWB4116 | Manor Farm fishponds, Bucklebury (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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