Landscape record 1101602000 - Grounds of Swanbourne Old House

The park, gardens and pleasure grounds for a C16 and later country house at the heart of a village in the Vale of Aylesbury. The present layout of the grounds, created in phases from the late C18/early C19 when the house was remodelled, survives largely intact with many mature trees and is typical of a country house estate in the Vale. Late C20 changes include the addition of a swimming pool, tennis court, productive garden and the loss of cultivation of the kitchen garden, but otherwise much of the garden layout appears to remain almost unchanged since 1810. The park remains much as it was when enlarged in the 1880s and major changes were made, including the drive linking with Swanbourne House (since abandoned), with C20 additions including a cemetery and the War Memorial. See report for detail (B2).