Building record 0420802033 - OXFORD GATE, Oxford Dive, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Summary

Eighteenth century gate piers and pavilions at entrance to Stowe gardens.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (I) 1212155: THE OXFORD GATE, GATE PIERS AND LODGES
  • 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)

  • GATE PIER (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • GATE LODGE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Description & location plan (B7).
Grade I. Gate piers c1730 by Kent, moved to present position later C18. Large rusticated piers with a semi-circular headed arch, carved coat of arms in frieze pediment overall. Small outer pavilions added by Valdre. Vermiculated quoins, and keyblocks. Ogee roofs with ball finials (B14).
A watching brief carried out during the digging of trenches to allow a new water pipe to be installed south east of the Lodge revealed no archaeological deposits or finds (B18).
The National Trust Survey of Stowe undertaken in 1989 noted that the western pavilion is a lodge and eastern a pedestrian gate. The gate priers were probably designed by Kent and built about 1730. The gate originally stood between the Boycott pavilions and was moved here in 1761. The lodge added at the end of the 19th century. It was also noted that wall running from southward from the Lodge contains a lot of reused masonry (B19).

Sources (13)

  • ---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
  • <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).
  • <7>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p257.
  • <9>SBC16531 Bibliographic reference: WHISTLER L, GIBBON M & CLARKE G 1974 STOWE, A GUIDE TO THE GARDENS (HAS A FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON PP37-.
  • <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. p34.
  • <15>SBC9897 Bibliographic reference: NATTES C 1805-9 COLLECTION OF 105 SKETCHES & DRAWINGS OF STOWE (AT BCM).
  • <17>SBC4634 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN ENGLAND: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Part 4.
  • <18>SBC19540 Unpublished document: Oliver Jessop (National Trust). 2000. The Oxford Gates: an Archaeological Watching Brief.
  • <19>SBC19992 Unpublished document: Angus Wainwright. 1989. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Stowe. pp26.
  • <21>SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Survey Report).

Location

Grid reference SP 66606 36665 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13583)

Record last edited

Nov 3 2024 4:54PM

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