Building record 0446503017 - Gothic alcove, West Wycombe Park
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (2)
- FOLLY (18th Century - 1700 AD? to 1799 AD?)
- GARDEN TEMPLE? (18th Century - 1700 AD? to 1799 AD?)
Description
There are the ruins of a small chapel (perhaps a folly) of flint and brick in the woods to the north side of the Pepperpots Bridge. There were low walls surrounding the chapel grounds that have now been reduced to rubble [Photo](B27).
In the E part of the park, laid out after 1770, nearby [the Temple of St Crispin is] the Gothic Alcove seen in Daniell's view of 1781 (B28).
Sources (17)
- ---SBC17191 Aerial Photograph: Aerofilms. 1968. Aerofilms oblique AP. SU829945. Yes.
- ---SBC17552 Aerial Photograph: 26/06/82. BCM A6/16 16A. SU\829949. Yes.
- ---SBC17554 Aerial Photograph: 26/06/82. BCM A6/16/19. SU\828943. Yes.
- ---SBC17555 Aerial Photograph: 26/06/82. BCM A6/16/20. SU\828943. Yes.
- ---SBC17556 Aerial Photograph: 26/06/82. BCM A6/16/21. SU\828943. Yes.
- <1>SBC7342 Bibliographic reference: LANGLEY T 1797 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDRED OF DESBOROUGH PP414-421.
- <2>SBC14487 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP932-933.
- <3>SBC15481 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P135.
- <4>SBC11811 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PP283-287 PL56.
- <5>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
- <6>SBC9890 Bibliographic reference: NATIONAL TRUST 1977 PROPERTIES OF.
- <7>SBC6117 Bibliographic reference: HARRIS J 1979 THE ARTIST & THE COUNTRY HOUSE: A HISTORY OF COUNTRY HOUSE AND GARDEN VIEW PAINTING 15.
- <8>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
- <9>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE.
- <10>SBC4635 Bibliographic reference: ENGLISH HERITAGE 1994 REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC IN-TEREST IN ENGLAND: PART 4 B.
- <27>SBC25496 Bibliographic reference: Marshall G Hall. 2021. Historic Bridges of Buckinghamshire. pp117-118.
- <28>SBC19664 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner & Elizabeth Williamson. 1994. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p736.
Location
Grid reference | SU 4843e 194e+ (point) |
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Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Nov 29 2023 6:33PM