Monument record 0110100000 - WING PARK (ASCOTT HOUSE)

Summary

Site of former seventeenth to eighteenth century Ascott House recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1018009: ASCOTT HOUSE: REMAINS OF 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY MANSION, FORMAL GARDENS AND WARREN
  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of 16th and 17th century mansion and gardens of Ascott House
  • SHINE: Multi-period remains including site of medieval manor, associated designed garden & ponds, ridge and furrow, Civil War earthworks and WWI practice trenches

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Type and Period (1)

  • GREAT HOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

SITE OF FORMER ASCOTT HOUSE, NOW INDICATED BY A RAISED PLATFORM (B7).
AT NGR (B6).
ASSOCIATED WITH HOUSE SITE ARE A BOWLING GREEN & REMAINS OF FORMAL GARDENS. ADJACENT IS A ?DMV (B7).
THE PRESENT ASCOTT HOUSE, A MAINLY C19 BUILDING, IS TO NE (CAS 00583). SCHEDULED: SAM 29417 (B16).
Earl of Caernarvon's house sacked in 1642 (B19).

Sources (19)

  • <1>SBC7781 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP523-5.
  • <2>SBC14472 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP782-3/ARCHAEOLOGIA 1853 35 P382 (F OUVRY).
  • <3>SBC266 Bibliographic reference: ALLCROFT A H 1908 EARTHWORKS OF ENGLAND P610.
  • <4>SBC12983 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 P335.
  • <5>SBC15580 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P450.
  • <6>SBC10754 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 82 SE:13-15 (FILED).
  • <7>SBC11930 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) FROM NMR A/P SP8822/22, FEB 1988 (COPY AT BCM) & FARLEY M E (BCM) JAN 1993 FIELD VIS.
  • <8>SBC11909 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) AUG 1980 FIELD VISIT.
  • <9>SBC12502 Unpublished document: M J Rains. 1982. EARTHWORKS IN WING PARK.
  • <10>SBC1808 Verbal communication: BRAND J SEPT 1985 PERS COMM TO FARLEY M E (BCM) (SEE LIST OF FINDS, FILED).
  • <11>SBC8040 Bibliographic reference: LYSONS D & S MAGNA BRITANNICA 1 (3) P666/ MSS EARL OF COWPER II: 403; III: 2, 45, 59, 73, 77, 167.
  • <12>SBC11903 Verbal communication: PIKE A R (BCM) 17 MAY 1990 PERS COMM TO JPP.
  • <13>SBC11931 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1992. INFORMATION FROM 1990 NMR AP REF SP8822/22.
  • <14>SBC2370 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1993. A418 Wing Bypass Archaeological Assessment Stages 2, 3A & 4A.
  • <15>SBC1726 Graphic material: BKS Surveys Ltd. 1984. 1:500 CONTOUR SURVEY (PLOTTED FROM AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY).
  • <16>SBC13935 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1999. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS, FEBRUARY 1999.
  • <17>SBC11456 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeotechnics. 1993. Proposed A418 Wing Bypass: Magnetic Susceptibility & Magnetometer Survey.
  • <18>SBC25162 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1993. PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT, JANUARY 1993.
  • <19>SBC25958 Bibliographic reference: Ian Beckett. 2015. Wanton Troopers: Buckinghamshire in the Civil Wars 1640-1660. p63.

Location

Grid reference SP 88750 22490 (point)
Civil Parish WING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13479)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13836)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14129)
  • Event - Survey: Magnetic susceptibility, detailed magnetometry and auger surveys (Ref: 025393/WIB/BCM) (EBC10547)

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Apr 11 2023 2:15PM

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