The Old House
THE OLD HOUSE, 6, MURSLEY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1214164
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Old House
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD HOUSE, 6, MURSLEY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1214164
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jun-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Old House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD HOUSE, 6, MURSLEY ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD HOUSE, 6, MURSLEY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Swanbourne
- National Grid Reference:
- SP8030027258
Details
SP 8027
8/130
4.6.52
SWANBOURNE
MURSLEY ROAD
(south side)
No. 6 (The Old House)
GV
II
House. Late C16 T-plan house, much altered and extended late C18-
early C19, with attached C18 former stable wing. Original house
has timber frame with herringbone brick infill, now externally
concealed with render. Extensions are of rendered brick. Old tile
roofs, central chimney with 4 linked square shafts of thin brick, rebuilt.
Rendered parapets to main block. 2 storeys and attic. N. front of
3 bays has C19 3-light wooden casements to outer bays and small 3-pane
sash with architrave frame to centre of first floor. Central late
C19-C20 gabled porch. Single storey extensions at each end, that to
right with parapet and stone plaque with shield and motto "Nec Prece/
Nec Pretio" in brick surround. Right gable of main block has 4-light
leaded casement to attic. Rear has 7 bays of 3 pane sash windows in
moulded architrave frames with board hoods. 3 centre bays project with
shallow gable forming minimal pediment containing blind roundel.
Flanking hipped dormers have moulded cornices and paired leaded
casements. Later extensions to left, Stable wing is of red and
vitreous brick with moulded brick eaves, partly rebuilt C19, to N.,
and of pebbledash over timber frame with brick infill to S. Old tile
roofs, flanking brick chimneys, 1½ storeys, 5 bays. S. front has 2
gabled semi-dormers and C19-C20 gabled projection to centre, N. front
has 2 carriage entries to left, and 4-pane sashes flanking stable door
with barred rectangular fanlight to right, all with segmental heads.
3 irregular openings to first floor. Interior of house remodelled early
C19 but retains 2 moulded stone fireplaces with 4-centred arches to
ground floor, and 3 similar fireplaces to first floor.
RCHM II P. 289 Mon. 2.
Listing NGR: SP8030027258
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 398917
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume Two North, (1913)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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