Building record 0162504001 - WALLED GARDEN AT LANGLEY PARK
Summary
Kitchen garden extended and developed by the Bateson Harvey family in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1125029: WALLS OF WALLED GARDEN, EAST OF STABLE COURT AT LANGLEY PARK
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Type and Period (4)
- GARDEN WALL (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
- (Alternate Type) WALLED GARDEN (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
- GLASSHOUSE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- (Alternate Type) KITCHEN GARDEN (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
Grade II. C18. Red brick walls. Against one a restored C19 glass house (B5).
In 1788 the park was acquired by Sir Robert Bateson Harvey and remained in his family for 160 years until bought by Buckinghamshire County Council in 1945. Considerable infilling of trees took place in the late 18th and 19th centuries with exotic species being planted and formal gardens added around the kitchen garden (e.g Winter Garden in 1895, bamboo garden, pineteum, Japanese graden and hardy flower garden) (B8).
Sources (2)
- <5>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p231.
- <8>SBC20106 Article in serial: Richard Bisgrove. 2001. 'Langley Park, Slough', in The Bucks Gardener (Newsletter of the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust). Issue 13, Winter 2001.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 01146 81760 (162m by 111m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEXHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Sep 30 2020 5:55PM
