Landscape record 0050003000 - CHEQUERS (G122)

Summary

Seventeenth century park and nineteenth to twentieth century formal gardens at Chequers.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: 17th century park with 19th and 20th century formal gardens at Chequers (DBC9558)
  • Registered Park or Garden (II) GD1585: Chequers (DBC1073)

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Type and Period (8)

  • FORMAL GARDEN (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
  • PARK (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1999 AD)
  • ROSE GARDEN (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • SUNKEN GARDEN (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • KITCHEN GARDEN (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • TURF MAZE (First mentioned 1629, 16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD?)
  • BOWLING GREEN (First mentioned 1629, 16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD? to 1699 AD?)
  • GROTTO (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

GRADE II. LANDSCAPE PARK & GARDEN WITH LATE C19/EARLY C20 FORMAL GARDENS. ESTATE MAP 1629 INDICATES PLANTATIONS TO W & NW, WHICH REMAIN AS WOODLAND (1986). LATE C19 TERRACE & GARDEN SCHEME DESIGNED BY REGINALD BLOMFIELD WITH FURTHER PLANTING ADVICE C.1910 BY HAVRAY TIPPING. MAIN TERRACE ETC. [FURTHER DETAIL](B10).
Article detailing changes made to the park and gardens from 1629 to 2024, including new information about the 'Druid Maze' and the Grotto, and features visible on LiDAR (B15).

Sources (3)

  • <10>SBC4637 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England: Buckinghamshire. Part 4.
  • <11>SBC22466 Bibliographic reference: Norma Major. 2001. Chequers: The Prime Minister's Country House and its History. pp156-9.
  • <15>SBC29553 Article in serial: James Furse-Roberts. 2026. 'Chequers: The Evolution of a Garden', in Garden History Vol 54:1 pp39-59. Vol 54, part 1.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8362 0569 (2045m by 1648m)
Civil Parish ELLESBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish GREAT AND LITTLE KIMBLE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 23 2026 7:44PM

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