Building record 0409502005 - SW OF STABLE BLOCK, HARTWELL

Summary

Eighteenth century tunnel under road between ornamental and kirchen gardens at Hartwell House.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1118473: SUBWAY UNDER ROAD SOUTH WEST OF STABLE BLOCK HARTWELL HOUSE (DBC2272)

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Type and Period (1)

  • TUNNEL (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Grade II. Subway, formed c.1765 to give access beneath the public road from the gardens round Hartwell House to the upper (kitchen and flower) gardens. Rustic stone structure with a facade on the E. of 3 roughly semicircular shaped arches on piers with a low arched entrance in the centre having an old heavily studded wooden door. Tall stone parapets on each side of the road with fragments of carved stonework (B11).
Detailed account of restoration in 2001-2 of the 'Triumphal Arch' to designs of Eric Throssell, incorporating surviving fabric and sculptural fragments (B23).

Sources (20)

  • ---SBC17195 Aerial Photograph: Aerofilms. AER A20375. SP796125. Yes.
  • ---SBC17263 Aerial Photograph: 01/07/75. BCM A1/3/13A. SP\796123. Yes.
  • ---SBC17367 Aerial Photograph: 13/08/90. BCM A14/15/2. SP\798124. Yes.
  • ---SBC17378 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/89. BCM A14/4/10A-12A. SP\796124. Yes.
  • ---SBC17533 Aerial Photograph: 11/08/79. BCM A4/15/6A. SP\796125. Yes.
  • <1>SBC7631 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 PP313-317.
  • <2>SBC14704 Bibliographic reference: SMYTH W H 1851 AEDES HARTWELLTANAE PP102-112,PLS I I,III,IV,VI.
  • <3>SBC14371 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP152-158.
  • <4>SBC7983 Bibliographic reference: LOWNDES C 1862 LECTURE ON HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES...OF STONE & HARTWELL PP24-26 + ILLUS.
  • <5>SBC15424 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 2 PP293-297.
  • <6>SBC12792 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 PP189-191.
  • <7>SBC11781 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PP157-158.
  • <8>SBC11368 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARDS (FILED).
  • <9>SBC4609 Bibliographic reference: ELVEY MR G TO GILL MRS S,FEB 1978.
  • <10>SBC11941 Unpublished document: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1989. PLANS & PHOTOS FROM SITE VISIT IN JUNE 1989.
  • <11>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p.38.
  • <12>SBC4634 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN ENGLAND: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Part 4.
  • <13>SBC6120 Bibliographic reference: HARRIS J 1979 THE ARTIST AND THE COUNTRY HOUSE: A HISTORY OF COUNTRY HOU-SE AND GARDEN VIEW PAINTING.
  • <14>SBC4768 Verbal communication: 1997. FARLEY M AND THROSSELL E (1997) PERS COMM (SEE CORRESPONDENCE, FIGURES/PLANS).
  • <23>SBC25017 Bibliographic reference: Eric Throssell. 2007. Hartwell, Buckinghamshire: The Restoration of the Triumphal Arch.

Location

Grid reference SP 79428 12255 (point)
Civil Parish HARTWELL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC136)

Record last edited

Apr 25 2018 6:09PM

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