| HER Number (PRN): | 07681 |
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| Name: | The Isle, Rossall |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- GARDEN (17th century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD?)
- PARK (17th century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD?)
Summary
A probable 17th century park and garden.
| Parish: | Bicton, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 458 163 |
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Related records
| 19404 | Parent of: Dovecote apx 80m to SW of The Isle, Rossall (Building) |
| 35879 | Parent of: Lion Lodge, park at The Isle, Rossall (Building) |
| 08249 | Parent of: Prospect mound associated with The Isle (Monument) |
| 35878 | Parent of: Top Lodge, park at The Isle, Rossall (Building) |
| 01104 | Part of: Isle Moat (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
The Isle, near Shrewsbury, is 'an undistinguished-looking large red brick block' of a house, which 'looks late 17th-century' (N. Pevsner, Shropshire (1958), 157). In 1830 an avenue of oaks almost a mile long was planted from the upper lodge to the house. Trees in the grounds included, in 1891, pine, chestnut, lime, and deodar (F. Leach, the County Seats of Shropshire (1891), 299-303). The principal feature of the grounds was Isle Pool; in the 1880s two boathouses stood on its banks (O.S. 6, XXVIII.SW (1888)).Pevsner comments: ' Close by [?Isle Farm] an older black-and-white house with walled garden and, in one of the corners, a tall brick Summer House [PRN 19404] with quoins and a pyramid roof. It looks late 17th century' (N. Pevsner, Shropshire (1958), 157) <1>
Photographed during aerial survey in 2007. <5>-<8>
Folliot Sandford drained the pool in 1793; restored by Humphrey Sandford (VIII) in 1841. <9>
Sources
| [01] | SSA10241 - Field survey report: Stamper Paul A. 1993. A Survey of Historic Parks and Gardens in Shropshire. SCCAS Rep. 41. |
| [02] | SSA110 - Monograph: Pevsner Nikolaus. 1958. Buildings of England (Shropshire). Buildings of England. p157. |
| [03] | SSA535 - Monograph: Leach F. 1891. The County Seats of Shropshire. p299-303. |
| [04] | SSA24658 - Webpage: Parks and Gardens UK. 2014. Parks and Gardens UK. http://www.parksandgardens.org/. |
| [05] | SSA26809 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2007-Aug-5. SA0704_092 to SA0704_095 (4 photos) Flight: 07_SA_04. Colour. Digital. |
| [06] | SSA25172 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2007-Aug-5. SA0704_339 to SA0704_341 (3 photos) Flight: 07_SA_04. Colour. Digital. |
| [07] | SSA25171 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2007-Aug-5. SA0704_331 (1 photo) Flight: 07_SA_04. Colour. Digital. |
| [08] | SSA25131 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2007-Aug-5. SA0704_085 (1 photo) Flight: 07_SA_04. Colour. Digital. |
| [09] | SSA29985 - Article in serial: Pannett David J. 2011. The isle through the ages. Bicton Village News. 539. |
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 6 2021 11:53AM |
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