Landscape record 0200402000 - BRADENHAM MANOR GARDENS (GD3259)

Summary

Late seventeenth to early eighteenth century landscaped park with nineteenth century ha-ha and nineteenth century garden pathways

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: 17th and 18th century landscaped park and gardens at Bradenham Manor (DBC9546)
  • Registered Park or Garden (II) GD4173: Bradenham Manor (DBC1096)

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Type and Period (7)

  • GARDEN TERRACE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)
  • HA HA (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
  • GARDEN PATH (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • LANDSCAPE PARK (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)
  • GARDEN (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
  • PARTERRE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • WALLED GARDEN (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD? to 1899 AD)

Description

Registered Park/Garden grade II. Late C17 or early C18 terraced garden, and park (B13).
GARDENS S & SE OF HOUSE LAID OUT IN LATE C17/EARLY C18. E HALF WAS A WILDERNESS OF TREES, HEDGES, VISTAS, WINDING PATHS. W HALF INCLUDED A PARTERRE. (DESCRIPTIONS OF WALLED GARDENS, TERRACES ETC. INCLUDES A SMALL HA-HA ON SE SIDE & A BLOCKED BEE BOLE (B7).
Geophysical survey and trench excavation by National Trust reveals details of earlier 16th century house &c (B8). Further trial trenching in 2000 on the east front and in the kitchen garden resulted in the discovery of ?19th century brick paths (B10).
A watching brief carried out during repairs to the ha-ha wall SE of the house recorded constructional details of the wall and suggested an 18th or early 19th century date. The relationship between the ha-ha wall and adjacent terrace earthworks suggests that the terrace is an earlier feature which was blocked when the wall was erected (B11).

Sources (5)

  • <7>SBC8255 Unpublished document: W L Matthews & Angus Wainwright. 1990. THE NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: BRADENHAM.
  • <8>SBC19075 Unpublished document: National Trust. 2000. Bradenham Manor, Buckinghamshire.
  • <10>SBC19576 Article in serial: National Trust. 2001. The National Trust Annual Archaeological Review 2000-2001. No 9. 57.
  • <11>SBC19577 Unpublished document: Gary Marshall (National Trust). 2002. National Trust, Bradenham Manor: Report describing observations on the E section of the garden wall.
  • <13>SBC4634 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN ENGLAND: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Part 4.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 83092 97242 (588m by 730m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish BRADENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: Resistivity survey/trial trenching (EBC15906)
  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief (EBC16010)

Record last edited

Sep 28 2018 1:44PM

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