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| HER Number | MWB19988 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Former kitchen garden, Donnington Grove |
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Summary
Brick-walled garden within Registered Park, containing orchard trees, glasshouses, a yew maze and a late 20th century Japanese garden as well as associated buildings
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Registered Park or Garden (II) 1000534: Donnington Grove
Monument Type(s):
- KITCHEN GARDEN (18th century to Late 19th century - 1771 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- JAPANESE GARDEN (Mid 20th century to Late 20th century - Present - 1960 AD? to 1990 AD?)
Full Description
The 1998 description of the Registered Park of Donnington Grove <1> gives a paragraph to the brick-walled roughly triangular shaped kitchen garden, divided in half by a double herbaceous border. In the eastern half is a late 20th century Japanese garden, with a pond overlooked by a Japanese temple. The western side contains orchard trees set in lawn and a yew maze. There are two glasshouses against the north wall, and bothies on the other side of this wall <1>. These features are all visible in a 1999 vertical air photograph <2>.
The Japanese garden was created in the early 1990s when Donnington Grove was operated by a Japanese company <3>. Planning applications in 2007 <4><5> sought to build self-catering pavilions within the Japanese garden and convert the potting sheds and greenhouses to residential use.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Historic England (previously English Heritage). 1987. Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. Donnington Grove. [Unpublished document / SWB12616] |
| <02> | UK Perspectives. 12/09/1999. Berkshire Aerial Survey 1999 (digital aerial photographs). Aerial Photo. Digital. 1:7000. [Photograph / SWB148906] |
| <03> | 1994. Greenkeeper International. [Article in serial / SWB148936]
http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/bigga/gki/article/1994sep20.pdf (Accessed 03/12/2015) |
| <04> | West Berkshire Council. 2000-present. West Berkshire Planning Applications 2000 onwards. online. 07/01096/FUL. [Unpublished document / SWB147564]
http://planning.westberks.gov.uk/rpp/index.asp?caseref= (initial string - planning application number to be added after this) |
| <05> | West Berkshire Council. 2000-present. West Berkshire Planning Applications 2000 onwards. online. 07/01092/LBC. [Unpublished document / SWB147564]
http://planning.westberks.gov.uk/rpp/index.asp?caseref= (initial string - planning application number to be added after this) |
Related Monuments
| MWB6284 | Donnington Grove (Park) (Landscape) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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