Chipko
From Lacey Green History
research by Joan West. Information taken from the Deeds, lent to me by Andrew Clark. "Much appreciated, thank you Andrew". A copy of which is archived in Lacey Green Village Hall.
click Andrew & Ann Noel Clark for their life history.
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On the site of Chipko had been a small house called 'The Hut'. It had no facilities.
2nd November 1943 Conveyance. Arnold & Zettie Clark bought 'The Hut' from Marjorie Vernon. They extended it with a lavatory and a kitchen.
In WW2 it was used as a base for The Home Guard, commanded by Col. Fairbrother, landlord of The Pink and Lily.
30 August 1975 Deed of Gift. Arnold and Zettee, now living in Great Missenden gave it to their son Andrew. The following extract is from the Deeds.
" The Grantors agreed with the Grantee that they would give the said property to the Grantee in consideration of his intended marriage. The said marriage was solomnised on the 4th May 1975.
As he was in India it was let to John and Sue Claydon about 1976/77, then called Bethany Cottage. Next it was let to an Irish man, whom Andrew had met in India called Phillip Burn whose wife was Indian. She was not happy and although ok it was condemned by the Council.
It was pulled down in 1982 and Chipko was built on the site containing 1 acre 16 perches
B Robinson tells us in his obituary of Andrew "He returned home in 1983, now nearly 40, because he had been asked to become the General Secretary of Quaker Peace and Service. He moved into Chipko at Parslow’s Hillock, a house spectacularly located on the Chiltern escarpment that he designed to be sustainably powered by wood logged from his land. Andrew’s need for physical activity and danger would in future be satisfied by a chainsaw, a quad bike and a wood-burning stove".
Andrew and Ann Noel moved in 1983 before it was completely finished.
6th August 1984. Agreement for the Sale and Purchase between the Trustees of the Hampden Settlement and Mr & Mrs A C Clark
Extract from the Deeds. This document is archived in Lacey Green Village Hall.
It is agreed that Mr & Mrs A C Clark of Chipko will purchase for £3,000 on 3rd September 1984 - The piece of land containing 5 acres at Parslows Hillock and comprising part of Ordnance Survey Numbers 408 and 411 as shown on plan. This property was part of the Hampden Estate Woodlands.
The Purchasers shall :-
Shall pay the vendors legal fees
Shall covenant to erect and maintain a stock proof fence on the boundaries with inward facing T marks
Shall not undertake sawing operations of any nature between 7pm and 7am on any day.
Shall not erect any building or structure on the property
Shall not use the property for any trade or business whatsoever and shall be maintained as woodland or woodland garden
Shall at no time dump any materials of any kind on the property
Shall nor erect any signboards, notice boards or advertisements on the property, except to indicate that no shooting is permitted or that the footpath across the property is not a bridle path
17th February 1998. Conveyance.
Between Roger Parker-Jervis Esq and The Honourable Ian Hampden Hope-Morley (the vendors) and Andrew Christopher Clark and Ann Noel Clark (the purchasers).
The vendors sold for £4,000 land comprising Part OS 3100 - 1.6 acres and Part OS 5700 - 0.6 acre. Total 2.20 acres or thereabouts. The land being known as part of "The Coombes" adjoining Wardrobes Lane, Great Hampden, Great Missenden shown on the plan. A copy of this Conveyance is archived in Lacey Green Village Hall.
23 November 2010. Declaration of Trust. Chipko put in trust for Andrew & Ann Noel & their daughter and son-in-law. This document is archived in Lacey Green Village Hall.