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| HHER Number: | 12765 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | SITE OF POST-MEDIEVAL PARK AND GARDENS, TYTTENHANGER HOUSE, RIDGE |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- DOVECOTE (Post Medieval - 1501 AD to 1900 AD)
- GARDEN (Post Medieval - 1501 AD to 1900 AD)
- GARDEN WALL (Post Medieval - 1501 AD to 1900 AD)
- PARK (Post Medieval - 1501 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
The mid 17th century house built by Sir Henry Pope Blount [9669] had formal gardens laid out to the south. In 1700 Chauncy noted that Sir Henry had 'made fair walks and gardens' to accompany his new house. Excavated traces <1> include a long boundary wall in English bond brick, an avenue and clusters of trees, planting beds, a walled enclosure, small structures, a possible column plinth, and a dovecote. Most of the excavated features appeared to date to the 17th and 18th centuries. The avenue is on the 1766 map <3>, and until the late 18th century led to a gated entrance on the London Road. The map also shows a curvilinear park surrounded by a pale (fence) north of the house (see [9972]). In the decade 1767-77 the formal arrangement (and the curvilinear park) was swept away and turned into more fashionable open parkland around the house, with gravel walks <1>. This arrangement is shown on the 1822 map <4>, and in more detail on the 1838 tithe map <5> and the 1879 OS map <6>. The 1879 map also shows a cricket ground, and a well house.
A derelict pavilion in arable, once parkland, was noted by <2>.
<1> Hunn, Jonathan R, 2004, Tyttenhanger: excavation and survey in the parish of Ridge, Hertfordshire, undertaken by Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd, - p32-41, 52-4 (Bibliographic reference). SHT5484.
<2> HCC Planning Dept, 1979-82, Historic parklands and gardens in Hertfordshire; record sheets & supplementary material (Unpublished document). SHT8294.
<3> Dury & Andrews, 1766, A topographical map of Hartford-shire, from an actual survey… (Cartographic material). SHT3062.
<4> Bryant, A, 1822, Map of the county of Hertford from actual survey in the years 1820 and 1821 (Cartographic material). SHT2160.
<5> Tithe map and award, Ridge, 1838 (map) (Cartographic material). SHT1377.
<6> OS 25 inch map, 1st edition, 1879 (Cartographic material). SHT8116.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Hunn, Jonathan R. 2004. Tyttenhanger: excavation and survey in the parish of Ridge, Hertfordshire, undertaken by Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. - p32-41, 52-4. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: HCC Planning Dept. 1979-82. Historic parklands and gardens in Hertfordshire; record sheets & supplementary material. |
| <3> | Cartographic material: Dury & Andrews. 1766. A topographical map of Hartford-shire, from an actual survey…. |
| <4> | Cartographic material: Bryant, A. 1822. Map of the county of Hertford from actual survey in the years 1820 and 1821. |
| <5> | Cartographic material: Tithe map and award. Ridge, 1838 (map). |
| <6> | Cartographic material: OS 25 inch map, 1st edition. 1879. |
Related records
| 9670 | Parent of: SITE OF HOMESTALL FARM, TYTTENHANGER (Monument) |
| 9972 | Related to: MEDIEVAL DEER PARK, TYTTENHANGER, RIDGE (Monument) |
| 9669 | Related to: TYTTENHANGER HOUSE, RIDGE (Building) |
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