Landscape record 0198601001 - LT.MISSENDEN MANOR HOUSE

Summary

Possible remains of post-medieval formal gardens at Little Missenden manor house visible as earthworks on aerial photograph.

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Type and Period (1)

  • (Former Type) FORMAL GARDEN? (Earlier than 1883, 19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

?ORNAMENTAL GARDEN FEATURES IN FIELD BETWEEN MANOR HOUSE AND A413 VISIBLE ON AP (B3). NO FEATURES VISIBLE ON GROUND IN FIELD, A PADDOCK WITH LONGISH GRASS. MOST LIKELY EXPLANATION FOR FEATURE IS SOME SORT OF FORMAL GARDEN LAY-OUT (B4). Small gardens shown on 1st edn 6-inch OS map are still mainly intact (B6).

Sources (4)

  • ---SBC18932 Aerial Photograph: 18/01/47. RAF 75.4011. SU\923997. Yes.
  • <3>SBC168 Aerial Photograph: AERIAL PHOTO:RAF JAN 1947 (RUN 75,PRINT 4011,AT BC M).
  • <4>SBC5312 Bibliographic reference: FIELD VISIT:A.R.PIKE, AUG.1978.
  • <6>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.

Location

Grid reference SU 9215 9910 (point)
Civil Parish LITTLE MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 6 2013 2:15PM

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