Monument record 0420802083 - Vancouver Walled Gardens, Dadford, Stowe Designed Landscape

English Heritage's survey of Stowe carried out in 2001 noted the three walled gardens at Dadford probably created at the end of the 18th century. Now the gardens of Vancouver Lodge and the Dadford recreation ground. The walls are of brick and survive in various states of repair. Only the easternmost is owned by the National Tust and the interior is very overgrown. The estate map of 1843 shows each garden to have a central pond and divided NE-SW and NW-SE by two intersecting paths (B1)
The easternmost garden is 120m long x 100m wide and has the remains of a wooden lean-to in the N corner (5m long x 4m wide). A brick well or cistern lies close the wall to the S of the building. A slight ditch some 1.5m wide x 0.3m deep runs for 30m N-S and may be related to the path shown on the 1843 estate map or to attempts to drain the garden (B2).