Monument record 0202701001 - THE WILDERNESS

Summary

Eighteenth century garden in painting recorded in field survey as earthworks and garden wall

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  • None recorded

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  • FORMAL GARDEN (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

C18 PAINTING SHOWS THE 'DUTCH' GARDEN OF THOMAS WHARTON, EARLY C18 (B8). ONLY MARKS OF FORMER GRANDEUR IN 1799 WERE LONG AVENUES OF LIMES & A TERRACE WALK(B10). THE LONG, STONE GARDEN WALL ON THE RIGHT OF THE PAINTING (CAS1963) SURVIVES. EARTHWORKS PROBABLY MARK FORMER PARTERRES, PATHS ETC (B11).

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC7562 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 1 PP536-567.
  • <2>SBC14428 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP440-441.
  • <3>SBC16049 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 PP122-124.
  • <4>SBC9210 Bibliographic reference: MORETON C O 1929 WADDESDON & OVER WINCHENDON PP136-138.
  • <5>SBC12439 Bibliographic reference: PRIOR F M AUG 1956 AN EARLY BUCKINGHAMSHIRE STUD IN THEBRITISHRACEHOR-SEPP201-206"(PHOTOCOPYFILEDWIT.
  • <6>SBC4874 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E (BCM) MAY 1974 FIELD VISIT.
  • <7>SBC15114 Graphic material: Peter Tillemans?. About 1720. 'A VIEW OF THE GARDENS & MAIN PARTERRE OF WINCHENDON HOUSE FROM THE EAST'.
  • <8>SBC6115 Bibliographic reference: John Harris. 1979. 'THE ARTIST & THE COUNTRY HOUSE: A HISTORY OF COUNTRY HOUSE & GARDEN VIEW PAINTING 1540-1870' PP140-141.
  • <9>SBC4215 Bibliographic reference: DOE 1985 LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST;BUCKS 2/367.
  • <10>SBC7922 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB G 1802 JOURNEY INTO SOUTH WALES...IN THE YEAR 1799 (LOCAL HIST-ORY LIBRARY)(COPY FILED).
  • <11>SBC11917 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) DECEMBER 1993 FIELD VISIT (SEE REPORT FILED).

Location

Grid reference SP 74760 14530 (point)
Civil Parish UPPER WINCHENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13539)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13966)

Record last edited

Jan 26 2018 5:06PM

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