Monument record 0420800000 - STOWE Manor

Summary

Historical records of medieval to seventeenth century manor of Stowe

Protected Status/Designation

  • SHINE: Stowe medieval to post medieval landscape garden, medieval deserted villages of Lamport & Boycott, shrunken village of Daford, also moats, manors and fishponds, ridge and furrow earthworks & cropmarks, and areas of ancient semi natural woodland

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Type and Period (2)

  • MANOR (Medieval to 17th Century - 1066 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Former Type) PATH (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

STOWE MANOR WAS ASSESSED AT 5 HIDES IN 1086. IT PASSED TO THE TEMPLE FAMILY C.1590 (MANORIAL HISTORY (B6).
POSSIBLY THE 1ST TEMPLES LIVED IN A HOUSE JUST TO S OF PRESENT MANSION; BY 1683 THE OLD HOUSE WAS DEMOLISHED & REPLACED BY THAT WHICH FORMS THE CORE OF THE PRESENT MANSION (B13).
NGR TO STOWE SCHOOL (B8).
A 1m wide section of wall was recorded during trenching works at 0.9m below the surface (CAS 0059001000). It consisted of courses of crumbly white/grey limestone rock, set in heavily degraded orange/buff coloured sandy mortar. Overlying it was a 0.2m layer of building rubble, lumps of buff lime mortar, fragments of white limestone, brick lumps and charcoal flecks. A dump of orange/brown clay with mortar, brick and occasional fragments of buff coloured roof tiles sealed the desposits below the top soil. Thought to be associated with either the earlier manor house or buildings from the village of Stowe (B18).
Negative fieldwork report (B44).

Sources (86)

  • ---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
  • <1>SBC9229 Bibliographic reference: C Morris (ed). 1949. The Journeys of Celia Fiennes c1694. pp29-30.
  • <2>SBC14098 Bibliographic reference: SEELEY B 1766 STOWE, A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAGNIFICENT HOUSE & GARDENS (WITH ILLUS) (ARE VARIOUS ED.
  • <3>SBC16278 Bibliographic reference: VERTUE G ET AL; ENGRAVINGS IN SOC OF ANTIQUARIES RED PORTFOLIO P24.
  • <4>SBC7809 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP84-108 (FULL DESCRIPTION & ILLUS OF MANSION, APARTMENTS, CONTENTS & GARDENS).
  • <5>SBC14400 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP304-8 (FULL DESCRIPTION OF HOUSE, GARDEN TEMPLES &C).
  • <6>SBC16094 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 PP229-233 (FULL DESCRIPTION, ILLUS, GROUND PLAN, MANORIAL HISTORY).
  • <7>SBC11805 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PP251-265 & ILLUS (FULL DESC, & ACCOUNT OF WORK SINCE HOUSE BECAME A.
  • <8>SBC10383 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 6IN MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <9>SBC16531 Bibliographic reference: WHISTLER L, GIBBON M & CLARKE G 1974 STOWE, A GUIDE TO THE GARDENS (HAS A FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON PP37-.
  • <10>SBC2990 Bibliographic reference: CLARKE G 1976 (JULY) SLIDES OF AIR PHOTOS TAKEN JULY 1976 FROM A BALLOON SHOWING FORMER GARDEN FEATU.
  • <11>SBC2991 Bibliographic reference: CLARKE G 1979 (DEC) LETTER RE ICE HOUSES (ON CAS FILE) ALSO OS 1880/5 6-INCH 1:10560 (1ST EDN).
  • <12>SBC8335 Unpublished document: MEEHAN J 1988 STOWE; ELYSIAN FIELDS TREE & LEVEL SURVEY (TYPESCRIPT REPORT & MAP, FILED).
  • <13>SBC16362 Bibliographic reference: WAINWRIGHT A 1989 NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: STOWE (COPY, FILED).
  • <14>SBC3681 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <15>SBC9897 Bibliographic reference: NATTES C 1805-9 COLLECTION OF 105 SKETCHES & DRAWINGS OF STOWE (AT BCM).
  • <16>SBC16364 Bibliographic reference: WAINWRIGHT A 1993 REPORTS ON THE STOWE PYRAMID, THE SAXON DEITIES & THE SOUTH FRONT (COPIES, FILED).
  • <17>SBC4634 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN ENGLAND: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Part 4.
  • <18>SBC19538 Unpublished document: Oliver Jessop. 2001. The Elysian Fields and South Front: Report on the Archaeological Watching Brief. pp17-20.
  • <19>SBC19576 Article in serial: National Trust. 2001. The National Trust Annual Archaeological Review 2000-2001. No 9.
  • <20>SBC20024 Unpublished document: Hazel Riley. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Site Gazetteer). AI/21/2001.
  • <21>SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Survey Report).
  • <22>SBC19209 Bibliographic reference: National Trust. 1999. Annual Archeological Review No. 7 1998-99.
  • <23>SBC20064 Bibliographic reference: Shelagh Lewis. Buried around Buckingham. pp27, fig 29.
  • <24>SBC22179 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2004. Archaeological Recording at Wolfe's Obelisk, Stowe Landscape Gardens.
  • <25>SBC22178 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2003. Stowe House, Stowe: Archaeological Excavation and Watching Brief Report.
  • <26>SBC20898 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2003. New Cable Trenches, Stowe School, Stowe: Archaeological Watching Brief Report.
  • <27>SBC22411 Article in serial: 'Pomponius Ego'. 2005. Stowe Gardens - Nelson's Walk & Seat, in The Bucks Gardener Issue 21. Issue 21.
  • <28>SBC22443 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2004. Archaeological Evaluation at the Buckingham Lodges, Stowe Landscape Gardens.
  • <29>SBC22444 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2004. A Survey of the Surviving Hydrological System at the Grotto, Stowe Landscape Gardens.
  • <30>SBC22445 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2004. Archaeological Evaluation at the Corinthian Arch, Stowe Landscape Gardens.
  • <31>SBC22452 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2004. An archaeological watching brief during the uncovering of historic paths to the south of the Eleven Acre and Octagon Lakes at Stowe Landscape Gardens.
  • <32>SBC22640 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2006. Archaeological Evaluation at the Corinthian Arch, Stowe Landscape Gardens.
  • <33>SBC22671 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2006. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2006.
  • <34>SBC22686 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2000 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Dendrochronology Database.
  • <35>SBC22708 Article in serial: Kate Felus. 2006. 'Boats and Boating in the Designed Landscape, 1720-1820', in Journal of the Garden History Society, Summer 2006, pp22-46.. Vol 34, No. 1.
  • <36>SBC22760 Article in serial: Richard Wheeler. 2006. 'Stowe Gardens: The Circle of the Dancing Faun', in The Bucks Gardener (Newsletter of the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust) Issue 24, Autumn 2006 pp2-4. Issue 24.
  • <37>SBC19679 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1999. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 1999.
  • <38>SBC19680 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2001. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2001.
  • <39>SBC19681 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2002. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2002.
  • <40>SBC22825 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2006. Archaeological Watching Brief at the Corinthian Arch, Stowe Landscape Gardens.
  • <41>SBC22826 Unpublished document: Amanda Pickard. 2003. Stowe in the War.
  • <42>SBC22853 Unpublished document: 1921. Sales catalogue of 1921 auction of Stowe Estate.
  • <43>SBC22953 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2007. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2007.
  • <44>SBC23006 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2007. Chapel Car Park, Stowe School, Stowe: Archaeological Watching Brief Report.
  • <45>SBC23138 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2008. Heritage at Risk Register 2008.
  • <46>SBC23145 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2008. Archaeological Excavation on the Site of The Sleeping Parlour at Stowe Landscape Gardens, October 2007.
  • <47>SBC23338 Unpublished document: ?. 2007. Stowe Gardens Grotto Main Chamber & Ante-Chambers: Layering Proposal.
  • <48>SBC23453 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2009. Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South East.
  • <49>SBC20536 Bibliographic reference: Jeffery W Whitelaw. 1982. Follies.
  • <50>SBC20535 Bibliographic reference: Hazelle Jackson. 2001. Shell Houses and Grottoes.
  • <51>SBC23472 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2009. New Playing Fields and Athletics Track, Stowe School: Archaeological Watching Brief.
  • <52>SBC23753 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2008. Stowe Conservation Area Summary.
  • <53>SBC23894 Bibliographic reference: John Claudius Loudon. 1990. In Search of English Gardens: The Travels of John Claudius Loudon and His Wife Jane.
  • <54>SBC24032 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2011. Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South East.
  • <55>SBC24053 Unpublished document: National Trust. 2011. Observations on Excavations to Recreate the Path Leading to the Grotto, Stowe Landscape Gardens.
  • <56>SBC24065 Article in monograph: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2008. Gibbs and Gardening: The Work of the Eighteenth-Century Architect James Gibbs.
  • <57>SBC24063 Article in monograph: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2007. Talking Heads: Garden Statuary in the Eighteenth Century.
  • <58>SBC24117 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2010. Building Recording at East Boycott Pavilion, Stowe, Buckinghamshire.
  • <59>SBC24191 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 2011. Stowe Golf Course: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Field Reconnaissance Survey.
  • <60>SBC24192 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 2011. Stowe School Music School: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment and Field Reconnaissance Survey.
  • <61>SBC24275 Unpublished document: Sarah Rutherford. 2011. New Music School Site: Lee's Bastion & Nelson's Walk - Historic Landscape Analysis & Conservation Statement.
  • <62>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire.
  • <63>SBC24371 Article in serial: John Phibbs. 2013. 'A List of Landscapes That Have Been Attributed to Lancelot 'Capability' Brown', in Garden History Vol 41 part 2 pp244-277. Vol 41, part 2.
  • <64>SBC24601 Digital archive: Historic England. 2015. Heritage at Risk Register 2015.
  • <65>SBC24626 Unpublished document: National Trust. 2013. Report describing a watching brief over the construction of a new culvert at the Octagon Lake Cascade (trench numbers 1261-63).
  • <66>SBC24625 Unpublished document: National Trust. 2015. Observations on a privy discovered at the Angler's Hut at the Bell Gate.
  • <67>SBC24623 Unpublished document: Gary Marshall (National Trust). 2015. The National Trust, Stowe Gardens. Report describing investigations of the cascade at the head of the Lower River.
  • <68>SBC24775 Digital archive: Historic England. 2016. Heritage at Risk Register 2016.
  • <69>SBC24932 Digital archive: Historic England. 2017. Heritage at Risk Register 2017.
  • <70>SBC25083 Digital archive: Historic England. 2018. Heritage at Risk Register 2018.
  • <71>SBC25175 Unpublished document: The JESSOP Consultancy. 2013. East Corridor, Stowe House: Historic Building Survey.
  • <72>SBC25177 Unpublished document: National Trust. 2018. Stowe Gardens: Report describing an archaeological watching brief during the demolition if of the rifle range in the Hawell Fields.
  • <73>SBC25245 Digital archive: Historic England. 2019. Heritage at Risk Register 2019.
  • <74>SBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer.
  • <75>SBC25496 Bibliographic reference: Marshall G Hall. 2021. Historic Bridges of Buckinghamshire.
  • <76>SBC25497 Digital archive: Historic England. 2020. Heritage at Risk Register 2020.
  • <77>SBC25511 Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. Heritage at Risk Register 2021.
  • <78>SBC23498 Bibliographic reference: Department of National Heritage (DNH). 1994. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: BOROUGH OF BUCKINGHAM.
  • <79>SBC24243 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2012. Archaeological Watching Brief during restoration at the grotto, Stowe Landscape Gardens.
  • <80>SBC24242 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2012. Archaeological Watching Brief during work within the Hawkwell Field at Stowe Landscape Gardens, Buckinghamshire, June-September 2011.
  • <81>SBC19618 Bibliographic reference: Julian Hunt. 1994. Buckingham: A Pictorial History..
  • <82>SBC26583 Digital archive: Historic England. 2023. Heritage at Risk Register 2023.
  • <83>SBC26097 Unpublished document: Polyolbion Archaeology. 2022. Archaeological Report and Assessment Regarding Pond, Bourbon Fields and Deer Park, Stowe School, Buckingham.
  • <84>SBC25896 Digital archive: Historic England. 2022. Heritage at Risk Register 2022.
  • <85>SBC26751 Unpublished document: MOLA Northampton. 2021. Archaeological Geophysical Survey at Stowe Landscape Gardens March 2020 to March 2021.

Location

Grid reference SP 6745 3742 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

Related Events/Activities (10)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14100)
  • Event - Intervention: Angler's Hut watching brief (EBC17740)
  • Event - Survey: Archaeological Watching Brief at the Grotto, Stowe Landscape Gardens (EBC17530)
  • Event - Survey: Building recording (EBC17480)
  • Event - Intervention: Octagon Lake Cascade watching brief (EBC17741)
  • Event - Survey: Stowe House, East Corridor, Building recording- Level 3 (Ref: STO13) (EBC18142)
  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief at Drayston School (Ref: 01/2672) (EBC16065)
  • Event - Intervention: Watching Brief at Hawkwell Field (EBC17529)
  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief at the cascade at the head of the Lower River, Stowe Gardens (EBC17738)
  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief undertaken during demolition of the rifle range in the Hawkell Fields (Ref: ENA9155) (EBC18143)

Record last edited

Mar 5 2024 1:14PM

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