Monument record 0055601002 - QUARRENDON, S OF CHURCH RUIN

Summary

Sixteenth century formal water garden recorded in field survey and aerial photographs

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1013416: DESERTED VILLAGES AND CIVIL WAR EARTHWORK (DBC7105)

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Type and Period (2)

  • FORMAL GARDEN (16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD?)
  • WATER GARDEN (16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0270 m Width 0170
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
SUBSTANTIAL BANK BUT FLAT TOPPED & DITCH ON INSIDE, AS WELL AS OTHER SUNKEN AREAS INTERNALLY. WHOLE QUITE UNLIKE A CONVENTIONAL MOAT; MORE LIKELY TO BE A LANDSCAPED WATER GARDEN. GREAT HOUSE POSSIBLY ON LEVEL AREA IN W OF SAME FIELD (B9).
RCHME topographical survey, comment and interpretation on geometric alignment of garden earthworks and water supply (B18).

Sources (20)

  • ---SBC17284 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/75. BCM A1/5/12. SP\798156. Yes.
  • ---SBC17395 Aerial Photograph: 05/02/90. BCM A14/8/22A. SP\801157. Yes.
  • ---SBC17794 Aerial Photograph: 25/07/48. CUC BV 89. SP\802157. Yes.
  • ---SBC17814 Aerial Photograph: 09/04/49. CUC CA 80-83. SP\801158. Yes.
  • ---SBC17846 Aerial Photograph: 06/09/80. CUC CNH 40. SP\801159. Yes.
  • ---SBC18423 Aerial Photograph: 06/02/85. NMR SP7915/10/154. SP\799157. Yes.
  • <1>SBC7638 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 PP401-406.
  • <2>SBC14463 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP738-739.
  • <3>SBC264 Bibliographic reference: ALLCROFT A H 1908 EARTHWORK OF ENGLAND PP479,553,6 10.
  • <4>SBC12693 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P273.
  • <5>SBC16033 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 PP100-101.
  • <6>SBC2827 Bibliographic reference: CHAMBERS E K 1936 SIR HENRY LEE PP216,237-238.
  • <7>SBC1634 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M W & ST JOSEPH J K 1958 MEDIEVAL ENGLAN D,AN AERIAL SURVEY PP57-59.
  • <8>SBC6550 Bibliographic reference: Hurst J G. NOTES ON QUARRENDON.
  • <9>SBC5756 Bibliographic reference: GOWING C N & FARLEY M E SEPT 1973 FIELD VISIT.
  • <10>SBC13957 Scheduling record: SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUM ENTS/HBMC JAN 1990.
  • <11>SBC10942 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP81 NW7.
  • <12>SBC13168 Graphic material: 1989-1990. RCHM(E),1989-1990 (COPY OF SURVEY IN CAS FILE 0407).
  • <18>SBC19329 Article in serial: Paul Everson. 2001. Peasants, Peers and Graziers: The Landscape of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire, interpreted.
  • <19>SBC23098 Article in serial: Neil Faulkner. 2008. 'Quarrendon: How the Elizabethans Revolutionised Garden Design', in Current Archaeology No. 218. No 218. pp31-35.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8005 1574 (300m by 340m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish QUARRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13663)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13958)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14179)

Record last edited

Feb 1 2018 1:34PM

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