Monument record 0110102000 - WING PARK (ASCOTT HOUSE)

TO SE OF BOWLING GREEN, REMAINS OF FORMAL GARDENS VISIBLE AS EARTHWORKS. 2 PONDS AT EXTREMES. NGR TO CENTRE (B7).
WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A DMV ACTUALLY GARDEN FEATURES (B12).
SURVEY OF EARTHWORK FEATURES: INCLUDE FLOWER BEDS, PONDS, MOUNDS, DITCHES (SEE REPORT & RESULTS OF TRIAL PITS)(B14).

A post-medieval formal garden within a designed landscape (deer) park is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located south of the site of Old Ascott House and centred at SP 88224 21834, the garden comprises two ornate flower beds, the north one about 112 metres long and 30 metres wide; the south one is less well defined but about 57 metres long and 30 metres wide. Both beds are divided longitudinally to the W and E, whilst the centre section is divided by four shallow ditches in alternating arcs from either side in a geometric yet sinuous effect. To the SE of these is a large ornamental pond. There are also mounds, ditches, banks and pits of uncertain function. On aerial photographs taken in 2019 and recent remote sensing data, these features survive as earthworks (17-24).