Building record 0420802031 - BOYCOTT PAVILIONS, Oxford Drive, Stowe Landscape Gardens
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (I) 1289656: THE BOYCOTT PAVILIONS
- 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 (1)
- PAVILION (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
Description
Grade I. Pair of large rusticated stone pavilions now houses. Circa 1728 by Gibbs. Altered 1754 by Borra. The original steep pyramid roofs changed in 1754 to the present domes with cupolas (B14).
The National Trust Survey of Stowe undertaken in 1989 notes that the west pavilion was designed as a house, the other had open sides and was converted into a house by the school (B18).
English Heritage's survey fo Stowe undertaken in 2001 notes that the western pavilion stands on a levelled platform which falls away steeply to the west. A low bank lies on the eastern side of the building, 56m long and 4-5m wide with a flat top. It is interpreted as spoil from levelling the landscape to receive the two buildings (B19).
West pavillion included in English Heritage's Buildings ar Risk Registers. In 1999 described as 'priority C: 'Slow decay; no solution agreed'. In 2001-2006 described as priority 3 (D): 'Slow decay; solution agreed but not yet implemented'. In 2007 described as priority E: 'Under repair…'; in 2008-9 priority D: 'Slow decay…Work needed to masonry'; in 2011 priority C: 'Slow decay, no solution agreed'. East Pavillion described in 2015-2018 as priority D: 'Slow decay; solution agreed but not yet implemented'; in 2019-2023 described as priority C: 'Slow decay; no solution agreed' (B33,B37-39,B43,B45,B48,B54,B64,B68-70,B73,B76-77,B82,B84).
The current roof is the third to have been employed over the building. The original roof consisted fo a large pyramidal design by James Gibbs, published in his Book of Architecture in1728. The second roof was by Giovanni Battista Borra in 1754 (or 1758) and was perhaps made to improve the neo-classical appearance of the building (B58).
Sources (40)
- ---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
- ---SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Survey Report).
- ---SBC24117 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2010. Building Recording at East Boycott Pavilion, Stowe, Buckinghamshire.
- <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. p33.
- <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>SBC19992 Unpublished document: Angus Wainwright. 1989. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Stowe. pp25.
- <19>SBC20024 Unpublished document: Hazel Riley. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Site Gazetteer). AI/21/2001.
- <33>SBC22671 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2006. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2006. p52.
- <37>SBC19679 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1999. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 1999. p54.
- <38>SBC19680 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2001. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2001. p57.
- <39>SBC19681 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2002. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2002. p55.
- <43>SBC22953 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2007. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2007. p50.
- <45>SBC23138 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2008. Heritage at Risk Register 2008. p212.
- <48>SBC23453 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2009. Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South East. p29.
- <54>SBC24032 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2011. Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South East. p23.
- <58>SBC24117 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2010. Building Recording at East Boycott Pavilion, Stowe, Buckinghamshire.
- <64>SBC24601 Digital archive: Historic England. 2015. Heritage at Risk Register 2015.
- <68>SBC24775 Digital archive: Historic England. 2016. Heritage at Risk Register 2016. p5.
- <69>SBC24932 Digital archive: Historic England. 2017. Heritage at Risk Register 2017.
- <70>SBC25083 Digital archive: Historic England. 2018. Heritage at Risk Register 2018.
- <73>SBC25245 Digital archive: Historic England. 2019. Heritage at Risk Register 2019. p130.
- <76>SBC25497 Digital archive: Historic England. 2020. Heritage at Risk Register 2020.
- <77>SBC25511 Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. Heritage at Risk Register 2021.
- <82>SBC25896 Digital archive: Historic England. 2022. Heritage at Risk Register 2022.
- <84>SBC26583 Digital archive: Historic England. 2023. Heritage at Risk Register 2023.
Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 66849 37004 (89m by 61m) |
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Civil Parish | STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: Building recording (EBC17480)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13583)
Record last edited
Nov 14 2023 2:52PM