Monument record 0420806011 - Copper Bottom Lake Lower Dam, Dadford Road, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Summary

The lower dam of Copper Bottom lake is the causeway for the 1760s drive for Stowe

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Type and Period (2)

  • CAUSEWAY (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • DRIVE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

The National Trust's Survey of Stowe undertaken in 1989 notes the dam at the lower end of Copper Bottom Lake is the causeway for the 1760s drive, now the Dadford Road. The lower pond and stream drain into the porous sub soil. It is marked on the 1845 Tithe Map but the lower lake had dried up in the 1880s. There is a sluice and brick culvert under the road in fairly good condition (B18).

Sources (11)

  • <2>SBC14098 Bibliographic reference: SEELEY B 1766 STOWE, A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAGNIFICENT HOUSE & GARDENS (WITH ILLUS) (ARE VARIOUS ED.
  • <3>SBC16278 Bibliographic reference: VERTUE G ET AL; ENGRAVINGS IN SOC OF ANTIQUARIES RED PORTFOLIO P24.
  • <4>SBC7809 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP84-108 (FULL DESCRIPTION & ILLUS OF MANSION, APARTMENTS, CONTENTS & GARDENS).
  • <7>SBC11805 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PP251-265 & ILLUS (FULL DESC, & ACCOUNT OF WORK SINCE HOUSE BECAME A.
  • <9>SBC16531 Bibliographic reference: WHISTLER L, GIBBON M & CLARKE G 1974 STOWE, A GUIDE TO THE GARDENS (HAS A FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON PP37-.
  • <10>SBC2990 Bibliographic reference: CLARKE G 1976 (JULY) SLIDES OF AIR PHOTOS TAKEN JULY 1976 FROM A BALLOON SHOWING FORMER GARDEN FEATU.
  • <13>SBC16362 Bibliographic reference: WAINWRIGHT A 1989 NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: STOWE (COPY, FILED).
  • <15>SBC9897 Bibliographic reference: NATTES C 1805-9 COLLECTION OF 105 SKETCHES & DRAWINGS OF STOWE (AT BCM).
  • <17>SBC4634 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN ENGLAND: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Part 4.
  • <18>SBC19992 Unpublished document: Angus Wainwright. 1989. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Stowe. pp39-40.
  • <21>SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Survey Report).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6701 3615 (10m by 10m)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 27 2024 1:59PM

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