Building record 0420806002 - Bell Gate, Stowe Landscape Gardens
Summary
Two gate piers with stone ball finials mark the route of the main drive to the house before 1730.
Protected Status/Designation
- SHINE: Stowe medieval to post medieval landscape garden, medieval deserted villages of Lamport & Boycott, shrunken village of Daford, also moats, manors and fishponds, ridge and furrow earthworks & cropmarks, and areas of ancient semi natural woodland
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Type and Period (1)
- GATE PIER (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)
Description
The National Trust's Survey of Stowe undertaken in 1989 note two gate piers with stone ball finials. This route was the main entrance until the 1730s when the drive was re-routed around the gardens. In an 1805 drawing by Nattes, a bell is shown on top of one of the piers (B18).
Sources (5)
- ---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
- ---SBC19185 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2000. The Bourbon Tower, Stowe, Bucks..
- ---SBC19550 Unpublished document: Oliver Jessop (National Trust). 1999. Bourbon Fields: Observations on the Excavation of a Pipe Trench West of the Bourbon Tower.
- ---SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Survey Report).
- <18>SBC19992 Unpublished document: Angus Wainwright. 1989. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Stowe. pp22.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 67804 36913 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Aug 25 2009 11:43AM
