Landscape record 0794900000 - Stonor Park
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Part of eastern entrance drive of 18th century landscape park at Stonor
- Registered Park or Garden (II*) GD1404: Stonor (Oxfordshire)
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Type and Period (2)
- LANDSCAPE PARK (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
- WALLED GARDEN (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
Description
A country house with C17 walled garden attached, surrounded by an C18 landscape park. The Stonor family have lived in the Stonor valley from at least the C12, being recusants following the Reformation (1540s), and, because of their refusal to take the Oath of Supremacy, were heavily fined and their lands confiscated. Their fortunes improved during the C18, during which time the house was gothicised and the landscape park seems to have been laid out. The Stonors continued in ownership during the C19 and C20, the eighth Thomas Stonor acquiring the barony of Camoys as the third Lord Camoys in 1839. The estate remains in private hands (1997) (B1).
Stonor Park was added to Historic England's Register of Historic Parks and Gardens in 1984. Mostly within Oxfordshire, with a small part extending into Buckinghamshire.
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC25100 Digital archive: Historic England. National Heritage List for England: Listing Entry.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SU 74429 89144 (1632m by 1307m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TURVILLE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jan 2 2019 2:06PM
