Building record 1232400000 - STOKE PARK (GOLF CLUB)

Summary

Late eighteenth century mansion of Stoke Park, built about 1789-1797 and in use as a golf club from 1908.

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Listed Building (I) 1332731: STOKE PARK AND STOKE POGES GOLF CLUB

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Type and Period (2)

(Former Type) COUNTRY HOUSE (Designed 1789, 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
GOLF CLUB (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade I. Designed for John Penn by Robert Nasmith, 1789, and completed after Nasmith's death by James Wyatt, circa 1793-7 (except, apparently, the dome). Stuccoed. Balustraded core of 3 storeys and 7 bays, the centre 3 advanced a little. Above, a dome on a drum with widely-spaced Composite capitals. Lantern with closely-set pilasters. In front, a single-storeyed Greek Doric portico and, left and right, single-bay solid ends. An Oval entrance hall leads to the staircase hall with groined vault extended to north and south by segmental tunnel vaults. Staircase itself later. The former library with 4 screens of grey marble columns with arches. South-east corner room with fine details and a north-east room with panelling incorporating Jacobean pieces. Country Life, I, p 724; CL, XIV, p 168; VCH III, p 303 (B1).
Plans, elevations and supporting documentation including photographs submitted as part of planning application for changes to the mansion (B3).
Detailed conservation management plan for mansion and park includes sections of historical deveopment, character assessment, condition survey, statement of significance, and management action plan (B5).

Sources (16)

<1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p196.
<2>SBC4633 Bibliographic reference: ENGLISH HERITAGE 1994 REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN ENGLAND: PART 4 .
<3>SBC14903 Bibliographic reference: STOKE PARK LIMITED. 1994. THE RESTORATION OF STOKE PARK (DOCUMENTATION IN SUPPORT OF A PLANNING APPLICATION).
<4>SBC22636 Unpublished document: Heritage Network. 2006. Repton Bridge, Stoke Park, Stoke Poges: Historic Building Record.
<5>SBC22716 Unpublished document: Land Use Consultants & Rees Bolter Architects. 2005. Stoke Park Conservation Management Plan.
<6>SBC19680 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2001. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2001.
<7>SBC19681 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2002. English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2002.
<8>SBC23623 Unpublished document: Alan Baxter & Associates. 2008. Stoke Poges Manor House: Assessment of Significance and Planning Justification.
<9>SBC23805 Bibliographic reference: STOKE PARK LIMITED. 1996. DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF A PLANNING APPLICATION.
<10>SBC23426 Map: South Bucks District Council. 1987?. Stoke Park Conservation Area.
<10>SBC26318 Bibliographic reference: South Bucks District Council. 1987. Stoke Park Conservation Area.
<11>SBC23894 Bibliographic reference: John Claudius Loudon. 1990. In Search of English Gardens: The Travels of John Claudius Loudon and His Wife Jane.
<12>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.
<13>SBC24981 Bibliographic reference: Peter Pugh. 2008. Stoke Park: The First 1,000 Years.
<14>SBC25044 Bibliographic reference: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2018. Humphry Repton in Buckinghamshire and Beyond.
<15>SBC25438 Bibliographic reference: Professor Russell Thomas. 2020. The Manufactured Gas Industry: Volume 3 Gazetteer.

Location

Grid reference	SU 97000 82652 (point)
Civil Parish	STOKE POGES, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13597)

Record last edited

Mar 28 2023 11:09AM