Landscape record 0598100000 - BERRY HILL (GD 1031)
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Mid 19th century park and gardens at Berry Hill
- Registered Park or Garden (II) GD1031: Berry Hill
Map
Type and Period (1)
- GARDEN (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
Registered Grade II. Mid-C19 pleasure grounds & park laid out by Robert Marnock, 1856-1860, around a modest country house (now demoished) with extensive artificial rockwork by James Pulham. By 1860 over 15ha had been planted with transplanted standard specimen trees & with shrubs & flowers. [Further description & map](B1).
Taplow Court icehouse was recorded prior to its demolition and was believed to have been part of the Berry Hill Park and grounds laidout between 1856-60. The landscape ceased to be developed after 1871. However the mapping evidence from the period does not show the icehouse, nor do the sales particulars from 1874 which describe the rustic bridges, ornamental boathouse, secluded walks, rockery work and ornamental lodge facing the High Street (amongst others). Although, another icehouse is noted some 600m to the N of Taplow Court (B3).
Pulhamite work installed in 1859, 1862 and 1868. Described in Vol 1 of 'The Garden' (6th January 1872) and in James Pulham's prospectus 'Picturesque Ferneries and Rock-Garden Scenery' of about 1877 (B4).
Pulhamite work installed between 1859-1868 for J Noble Esq. A 'Berry Hill' fountain featured in one of the company's catalogues (B5).
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC4631 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN ENGLAND: PART 4: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 4.
- <2>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p692.
- <3>SBC20128 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1998. Berry Hill Ice-house, Maidenhead.
- <4>SBC23092 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2008. Durability Guaranteed: Pulhamite Rockwork - its Conservation and Repair. pp9,10,23 & Fig 17.
- <5>SBC25073 Bibliographic reference: Claude Hitching. 2012. Rock Landscapes: The Pulham Legacy. p294.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SU 90718 81601 (263m by 637m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Oct 27 2024 5:04PM
