Building record 0446503017 - Gothic alcove, West Wycombe Park

Summary

Remains of a late eighteenth century folly at edge of West Wycombe Park

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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).

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  • ---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SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator.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)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 29 2023 6:33PM

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