The Wilderness is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Wilderness
- WRENN ID
- iron-alcove-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SP 71 SW UPPER WINDHCENDON MAIN ROAD north side
2/367 The Wilderness (formerly listed as The Manor House (The wilderness 25.10.51
- II
House, formerly the kitchen and offices of a much larger house built c1700 by the First Marquess of Wharton and largely demolished by 2nd Duke of Marlborough in Mid C18. C17 parts, mainly c1700 altered. Brick on rubblestone plinthes. Old tile roof. South wing rubblestone. 2 storeys plus dormers and 6 bays. Northeast front has French doors to right bay. Left bay gabled with blocked carriage arch with rubbed brick basket arch having keystone and impost stones. Band course steps over arch and gable band steps over sash above. 4 ground floor sashes, 6 first floor sashes. 2 hipped 2-light dormers. 5 stacks with offset heads. South wing has 2-light ground floor casement and further bay, also in rubblestone, with casement and dormer facing south west. North gable modern brick with 2 sashes. South west front has mainly modern sashes and 4 window wide central projecting modern block with hipped roof and reused 6 panel door with panelled reveals and cut bracket cornice hood on north west side. Main house has two 2-light hipped dormers. C17 stack in angle between house and south bays has stone lower part and brick upper. RCHM I. 300. MON.2.
Listing NGR: SP7474914536
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