Landscape record 1217101000 - NASHDOM ABBEY (G113)
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Early 20th century formal gardens at Nashdom Abbey (DBC9553)
- Registered Park or Garden (II) GD1596: Nashdom Abbey (DBC1065)
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Type and Period (1)
- FORMAL GARDEN (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
GRADE II. EARLY C20 FORMAL TERRACE & LAWNS, WITH ADJACENT WOODLAND. GROUNDS EXTEND S IN A NARROW TRIANGLE. GARDENS ARE DIVIDED BY A MASSIVE TERRACE WITH UPPER & LOWER LAWNS & ROSE GARDEN. SMALL GARDEN TEMPLE/ALCOVE BY LUTYENS AT N END OF AVENUE. (FURTHER DETAIL & MAP)(B2).
Illustrated article on the design of the house and garden (B4).
No plans have been found, and possibly not originally Jekyll planting, but there is a lovely round pergola'd rose garden by Lutyens. He thought it a 'really lovely site' when he saw it in July 1905, 'but quite unsuited to the house' that the Princess Dolgorouki insisted on building. The great bastion terrace necessitated by the site originally led down to a tennis lawn and flower borders, whhich have now [1982] been replaced by vegetables (B5).
Sources (3)
- <2>SBC4633 Bibliographic reference: ENGLISH HERITAGE 1994 REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN ENGLAND: PART 4 .
- <4>SBC24247 Bibliographic reference: Lawrence Weaver. 1913. Houses and Gardens by E L Lutyens. p242, Figs 401,405,408-410.
- <5>SBC24695 Bibliographic reference: Jane Brown. 1982. Gardens of a Golden Afternoon: The Story of a Partnership: Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jekyll. pp120,159,168,186.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SU 92019 84077 (178m by 525m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Sep 22 2016 5:26PM
