Radclive Conservation Area

RADCLIVE CONSERVATION AREA Designated 16th October 1991

Radclive is a small hamlet situated between the A422 and A421, about one mile west of Buckingham. This triangular hamlet is bounded to the north by the former Winslow to Brackley railway line and to the south, east and west by the River Great Ouse.

Crossing Cottage

Cherry Tree

Cottage Hillside

Drain Cottage

The Wishings 92.0m Guildway

Radclive Grange

The Grange Bungalow

The Clock House Nursery New College Radclive

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Hall Tan k Chantry

Drain 89.5m Manor Lodge Kingsgate BM 89.92m Beeches

Def St John’s Church

83.9m

Radclive Radclive Manor

WeirFB Track

MillhouseThe CD

Drain Nursery

Tennis Court FB

Sluice 86.5m New Sluice College

River Great Ouse

Weir

Aylesbury Vale District Council. BM 91.46m

Licence No 100019797 2008 New College

The older listed houses are predominantly stone built whilst the newer houses, south of the river are of brick. Approached from Stowe and Chackmore to the north a narrow cul-de-sac bears right towards Radclive Grange, Radclive Hall, St. John’s Church, Radclive Manor and the Nursery.

1 Radclive Conservation Area

The rubblestone Radclive Grange dominates the junction and northern approach into the hamlet. Further down the road lies Radclive Hall, a former rectory with stucco façade, slate roof and flanking chimneys. The front of the property offers two squared gate piers built in rendered bricks with stone caps. St. John’s Church, the adjoining building, is built in rubblestone with a copper roof to the nave and old clay tiles on the chancel roof. It is a Grade I Listed Building and is bounded to the south by a rubblestone wall and to the west by hedgerows. The area from St. John’s Church to Radclive Grange provides the most attractive townscape views in Radclive.

At the end of the cul-de-sac lies Radclive Manor, a Grade II* listed mansion house which was originally constructed in the sixteenth century and later enlarged and recased in rubblestone in 1621.

Immediately south-west of the Manor House, adjacent to the Nursery glasshouses are a range of listed buildings comprising a granary, a dovecote, a former stable block and a range of barns. Skirting these buildings on the western side is the River Great Ouse. Beyond these buildings the river swings sharply eastward towards the Grade II listed and rubblestone Mill House. This building was originally an operational mill with accommodation for the miller but it has now been converted into a single dwelling house.

Progressing further east along the river, past the weir, the river passes through a Grade II listed four arch brick bridge and beneath the road.

December 2008