Chilton between manor-house history and rural landscapes

Chilton brings historic buildings together with a rural setting. Key features include the Parish Church of St Mary, Chilton House and the landscape features at Chilton Grounds Farm. This offers different focal points for planning your trip: church heritage, the development of a manor house and agricultural features. Chilton is also on the minor road between Long Crendon and Dorton, a specific landmark for your journey.

St Mary’s Church and the family monument

The Parish Church of St Mary in Chilton is a Grade I listed building. In the Croke Chapel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin is an elaborate family monument to John Croke and Elizabeth. This brings together the building’s listed status and a specific, named monument. For travellers interested in cultural history, this offers a different focus from the architectural history of Chilton House: here, the church, the Croke Chapel and the family monument take centre stage.

Chilton House through the years

Chilton House is a 16th-century manor house that was extended around 1740 and given new entrance and garden façades. This sequence is important for understanding the house: the 16th century marks its origins, while the extension and new façades date to around 1740. Chilton House also has pavilions and a cour d’honneur, a formal entrance courtyard. These additional building features complement the manor house’s chronological development. If you are interested in architecture, you can explore Chilton House through both its building phases and these features.

Landscape and wool shop

Chilton Grounds Farm has well-preserved ridge-and-furrow earthworks as well as traditional hay meadows. This brings together field patterns and hay meadows as two aspects of the agricultural landscape. Compared with the church and manor house, the focus shifts from buildings to landscape features. If you are weighing historic architecture against cultural landscapes when choosing a destination, these features of the farm offer a specific landscape focus.

Chilton Grounds Farm also has a wool shop. If you would like to include it in your plans, check its current availability before planning a visit; retail availability can change.

Getting there

Chilton is on the minor road between Long Crendon and Dorton. This road connection is a useful landmark when planning your journey. The route that suits you will depend on your starting point and your individual plans.

Cycling routes

The Bernwood Jubilee Way cycling routes are signposted and range from 12 to 34 miles in length. This range gives you a specific basis for comparing routes: you can consider their stated distances and decide which length suits your cycling plans. This makes route length a factor to take into account when weighing up possible activities for your trip.

Discover more destinations: Iver, Wing, Stone, Taplow, High Wycombe, St Leonards, Drayton Parslow, Botley

For the broader travel overview: Buckinghamshire.