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HER Number (PRN):07774
Name:Formal gardens at Madeley Court
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

  • FORMAL GARDEN (16th century to 17th century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)

Summary

The site of 16th to 17th century formal gardens, associated with Madeley Court (PRN 01067).

Parish:Madeley, Telford and Wrekin
Map Sheet:SJ60NE
Grid Reference:SJ 69 05

Related records

17020Parent of: Garden walls NW and W of Madeley Court, MADELEY COURT LANE (Building)
17022Parent of: Garden walls SE of Madeley Court, MADELEY COURT LANE (Building)
17021Parent of: Sundial immediately W of Madeley Court, MADELEY COURT LANE (Building)
01067Part of: Madeley Court (Building)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

  • ESA1204 - 1978-1979 Survey and Excavations at Madeley Court by Bob Meeson for TDC

Description

A large formal garden west of Madeley Court, a mid-16th century house of some substance, was enclosed with red brick walls in the 17th century. Surviving from that garden (which presumably included other architectural features (H.A. Tipping, English Homes, Period III, Volume I (1929), 154-60)) is an elaborate sundial and ' astronomical toy' (V.C.H. Shropshire 11 (1985), 38). That comprises a square block of stone c.4 ft. in diameter with holes for a large number of dials and a hemisphere on top. Originally it stood on 15-ft. tall pillars (N. Pevsner, Shropshire (1958), 194) <1>

The 1978-1979 excavations included trenches cut in the gardens near the house, but only slight features survived. The walled garden west of the house had been ploughed at some point. <2><3>


<01> Stamper Paul A, 1993, A Survey of Historic Parks and Gardens in Shropshire (Field survey report). SSA10241.


<02> Meeson Robert A (Bob), 1979, Madeley Court, Telford: Interim Report (Excavation report). SSA3977.


<03> Lewis S (ed) et al, 2009, Madeley Court, Shropshire: from monastic grange to country house hotel, excavations 1978-9 and 1987, p58-60 (Article in serial). SSA23442.


<04> Parks and Gardens UK, 2014, Parks and Gardens UK (Webpage). SSA24658.


<05> Baugh G C (ed), 1985, Victoria County History Volume XI: Telford, p38 (Volume). SSA2707.


<06> Pevsner Nikolaus, 1958, Buildings of England (Shropshire), p194 (Monograph). SSA110.


<07> Tipping H A, 1929, English Homes - Period 3 - 1558-1649, p154-160 (Article in monograph). SSA22853.

Sources

[01]SSA10241 - Field survey report: Stamper Paul A. 1993. A Survey of Historic Parks and Gardens in Shropshire. SCCAS Rep. 41.
[02]SSA3977 - Excavation report: Meeson Robert A (Bob). 1979. Madeley Court, Telford: Interim Report.
[03]SSA23442 - Article in serial: Lewis S (ed) et al. 2009. Madeley Court, Shropshire: from monastic grange to country house hotel, excavations 1978-9 and 1987. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. 81 (2006). p1-78. p58-60.
[04]SSA24658 - Webpage: Parks and Gardens UK. 2014. Parks and Gardens UK. http://www.parksandgardens.org/.
[05]SSA2707 - Volume: Baugh G C (ed). 1985. Victoria County History Volume XI: Telford. Victoria County History of Shropshire. Vol XI. p38.
[06]SSA110 - Monograph: Pevsner Nikolaus. 1958. Buildings of England (Shropshire). Buildings of England. p194.
[07]SSA22853 - Article in monograph: Tipping H A. 1929. English Homes - Period 3 - 1558-1649. p154-160.
Date Last Edited:Feb 18 2016 3:40PM

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