Landscape record 1240304000 - Pednor House/ Little Pednor Farm

Summary

Early twentieth century Arts and Crafts style formal gardens at Pednor House laid out in 1911-19, possibly incorporating designs by Gertrude Jekyll

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (4)

  • POND (Earlier than 1883, 19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD)
  • FORMAL GARDEN? (Earlier than 1883, 19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD)
  • LAWN (Earlier than 1883, 19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD)
  • FORMAL GARDEN (Modern - 1911 AD to 1919 AD)

Description

The first edition 6-inch OS map shows Pednor House with pond to the west of the house, possible formal gardens to south of the house and lawn garden with tree planting. Jekyll was commisioned to redo the grounds in the 1920s but it is unclear whether she ever got round to doing it. Subsequent maps do not show any detail of the garden although the grounds seem to appear intact. APs don't show any detail: no flower beds or formal layout visible, though possible terracing (B2).
Analysis of detailed design by Jekyll in 1919 for planting around a sundial (B3).
A country house and gardens developed 1911‐12 in the Arts and Crafts style by architect Edwin
Forbes, incorporating and sensitively converting existing farm buildings, with some areas possibly 
planned by Gertrude Jekyll, including in 1919. The focus of the design is the forecourt and its 
approaches via the public lane which bisects it, enclosed by the house and former service buildings. 
The complex use of materials, particularly brick, in the forecourt and related structures is of
particular note. The layout remains largely intact. See report for detail (B5).

Sources (4)

  • <2>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.
  • <3>SBC24066 Bibliographic reference: Richard Bisgrove. 1992. The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll. pp38-39,187.
  • <4>SBC24695 Bibliographic reference: Jane Brown. 1982. Gardens of a Golden Afternoon: The Story of a Partnership: Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jekyll. p190.
  • <5>SBC24819 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2016. Pednor House: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9251 0266 (112m by 168m)
Civil Parish CHARTRIDGE, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 27 2021 10:15PM

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