Landscape record 0168305000 - Dorton House (now Ashfold School)

Parkland still visible but playing fields now encroach on it. Possible area of formal gardens to the west of the main buildings is not shown on the 1st edition 6" map. Also a walled garden (B9-10).
The informal pleasure grounds and park for a fine Jacobean mansion in the Vale of Aylesbury, including half of a substantial walled garden from the early layout. In the C18 the grounds were extended east and south from the environs of the mansion, including approaches, with C19 alterations including the reduction of the area of the walled kitchen garden reusing architectural details. The pleasure grounds incorporate a system of informal water courses and water bodies including a serpentine lake. The mansion and part of the grounds have been in school use since 1939 with associated changes around the buildings including sports pitches, car parking, school buildings, etc. See report for detail (B15).