Building record 0420802067 - Closet, Home Park, Stowe Landscape Gardens
Summary
Eighteenth to nineteenth century small square building with pyramidal roof used as a lavatory
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)
- PRIVY HOUSE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
Description
A shelter named (probably apocryphally) 'Shepherd's Cote', small, square, with a somewhat military arched frieze below the top of the walls and a pyramid roof. (Location plan)(B7).
The National Trust Survey of Stowe undertaken in 1989 notes a small, square, undated stone building with a pyramidial stone roof. The walls are decorated with machicolations and have slit windows in the N and S sides. The building is entered by the south side. Inside the east floor is missing and there is a scar on the wall where the seats were situated. The stone floor is supported by low vaults and no drainage is visible (B13).
Sources (3)
- ---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
- <7>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p261.
- <13>SBC16362 Bibliographic reference: WAINWRIGHT A 1989 NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: STOWE (COPY, FILED). p24.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 6712 3689 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Nov 3 2024 6:35PM
