Landscape record 0030005000 - Savay Farm
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (6)
- GARDEN (earlier than 1876/83, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- FORMAL GARDEN (Designed about 1926, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- ROSE GARDEN (Designed about 1926, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- GARDEN TERRACE (Designed about 1926, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- KITCHEN GARDEN (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- COMMEMORATIVE GARDEN (Designed 1933-1934, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
The first edition 6-inch OS map shows a small area of garden with remnants of a moated enclosure. Gardens just seem to be lawns and shrubs. No detail on map. APs show vestiges of 19th century gardens, nothing of particular note here (B7).
The early C20 garden for a renowned medieval manor house, with work by Marjory Allen and Norah
Lindsay, including vestiges of earlier garden phases. The c.1926 layout by Marjory Allen, with
contributions by the owner Cynthia Mosley and the society garden designer Norah Lindsay, occupies
a medieval, formerly moated, riverside site. The compartmentalised garden, drawn tightly around
the house, survives largely intact, along with the detached woodland setting of Lady Mosley’s tomb
by Lutyens (1933-34), formerly within a formal garden probably by Lady Allen with advice from the
Mosleys’ friend and society designer Norah Lindsay. The immediate agricultural and river setting is
of high significance, particularly the adjacent paddocks and River Colne. See report for detail (B8).
Norah Lindsay advised on the planting scheme for the herbaceous borders in 1928 and designed the memorial garden in 1933 (B9).
Sources (3)
- <7>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.
- <8>SBC25022 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2017. Savay Farm, Denham: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire.
- <9>SBC25946 Bibliographic reference: Allyson Hayward. 2007. Norah Lindsay: the Life and Art of a Garden Designer. pp188,258,270.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 04542 88083 (457m by 379m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DENHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Mar 1 2023 12:50PM
