Discover 6 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Great Missenden (United Kingdom). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Missenden Abbey, Church of St Peter and St Paul, and The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre. Also, be sure to include Great Missenden War Memorial in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Great Missenden (England).
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Missenden Abbey
Monastery. Missenden Abbey is a former Arrouasian monastery, founded in 1133 in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. The abbey was dissolved in 1538, and the abbey church demolished. In 1574 a house, also known as Missenden Abbey, was constructed on the site of the monastic cloisters, incorporating some of the monastic remains. The house was altered several times, gaining its current "Regency Gothic" style at the beginning of the 19th century. The house was "gutted" by fire in 1985 and subsequently rebuilt.[1]
Church of St Peter and St Paul
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Church of England parish church in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England.
The church is Grade I listed.
The church dates mainly from the 14th century, heightened in the 15th century. The tower's asymmetrical lower level results from the tower's extension to the south after the Reformation, with a wall nearly 14 feet thick, to support a new belfry to house five bells moved from the dissolved Missenden Abbey. The church was restored, and the north-east aisle rebuilt, in 1899–1900 by John Oldrid Scott.
The church is built of flint rubble, with sarsen stone footings and some dressings, some roughcast, other dressings in ashlar.
The writer Roald Dahl, who lived in Gipsy House in Great Missenden, is buried in the churchyard.
There are two Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials in the churchyard, marking the burial place of two British soldiers. They commemorate Rifleman Jeffrey James Whitney of the Rifle Brigade, who died in September 1940, age 20, and Major Basil Arthur Parnwell of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), who died in July 1947.[2]
Address: Church Lane, Great Missenden HP16 0BA, Great Missenden
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
Museum in Great Missenden, England. The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is a museum in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, England. Children's and short story writer Roald Dahl lived in the village in Gipsy House for 36 years until his death in 1990.[3]
Address: 81-83 High St, HP16 0AL Great Missenden
Great Missenden War Memorial
War memorial in England. The Great Missenden War Memorial is located at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire. The memorial marks the deaths of local individuals who died fighting in World War I and World War II. It was dedicated on 8 May 1920 by the Bishop of Buckingham, Edward Shaw. The memorial is a tall thin stone pillar cross, with a two step base.
Two smaller stone memorial plaques in Great Missenden also honour local residents who died fighting in the world wars. A British Legion plaque is located at 52 High Street in Great Missenden, and another plaque is located inside the memorial hall on the Link Road. The memorial hall plaque was unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire on 12 May 1921. A grant of £411 was given to repair the High Street plaque by the War Memorials Trust in 2008 after the letters had become faint.
The three memorials list 51 individuals from the village; 39 of whom died in World War I and 12 who died in World War II.[4]
Hampstead War Memorial
War memorial in London, England. The Hampstead War Memorial is located in front of Heath House opposite Jack Straw's Castle, on the northern fringes of Hampstead Heath in London. The memorial marks the deaths of local individuals who died fighting in World War I and World War II. It was dedicated on 4 May 1922 by the Bishop of Willesden, William Perrin, in a ceremony attended by Major General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend. The memorial is a tall thin stone obelisk on a square plinth with a three-step base.
The memorial has been Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England since 2015.[5]
Hamptons International - Great Missenden
Address: 28 High Street, Great Missenden