Landscape record 0614200000 - STOKE POGES GARDENS OF REMEMBRANCE (GD2270)

Summary

1930s memorial gardens, designed by Edward White

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Stoke Park Conservation Area
  • Planning Notification Area: Early 20th century memorial gardens at Stoke Poges
  • Registered Park or Garden (I) GD2270: Stoke Poges Gardens

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Type and Period (1)

  • GARDEN (Completed 1937, Modern - 1930 AD? to 1937 AD)

Description

MEMORIAL GARDENS OF 8HA, LAID OUT IN THE EARLY C20 TO THE DESIGNS OF EDWARD WHITE, ON AN AREA OF THE PARK OF STOKE PARK (CASS 12324). THE GARDENS LIE TO THE EAST OF THE LINE OF LAKES WHICH RUN NORTH-EAST TO SOUTH-WEST ACROSS THE PARK OF STOKE PARK MANSION, ON A SITE ROUGHLY OPPOSITE THE HOUSE [MORE] (B1).
Brief history and details of restoration scheme (B2).
Assessment of historical and landscape context included in management plan for Stoke Park (B3).
Included in Stoke Park Conservation Area (B4).
Pulhamite structures installed between 1934-1936 for Sir Noel Mobbs (B5).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC4638 Bibliographic reference: ENGLISH HERITAGE 1994 REGISTER OF PARKS AND GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN ENGLAND: PART 4 . Amended September 2000, grading revised 1st December 2009.
  • <2>SBC22130 Article in serial: Graham Pattison. 2004. 'Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens', in Bucks Gardens Trust Newsletter. Issue 18.
  • <3>SBC22716 Unpublished document: Land Use Consultants & Rees Bolter Architects. 2005. Stoke Park Conservation Management Plan.
  • <4>SBC23426 Map: South Bucks District Council. 1987?. Stoke Park Conservation Area.
  • <4>SBC26318 Bibliographic reference: South Bucks District Council. 1987. Stoke Park Conservation Area.
  • <5>SBC25073 Bibliographic reference: Claude Hitching. 2012. Rock Landscapes: The Pulham Legacy. pp273-277, 314.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 97506 82528 (435m by 388m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish STOKE POGES, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13847)

Record last edited

Oct 25 2018 1:51PM

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