Building record 0420802064 - Boat Houses, Octagon Lake, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Summary

Two eighteenth century brick vaulted boathouses recorded in field survey

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)

  • BOAT HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

The National Trust Survey of Stowe undertaken in 1989 noted two brick vaulted boathouses hidden below the abutments to Octagon Lake dam, each measuring 10m x 4m (B18).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
  • ---SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001.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SBC19992 Unpublished document: Angus Wainwright. 1989.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 6766 3693 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 8 2011 12:40PM

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