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| HER Number | MWB21236 |
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| Record Type | Building |
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| Name | Garden building, Shaw House |
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Summary
Brick bothy within the curtilage of Shaw House, built against the Love Lane boundary of the gardens, likely to be of later 19th century date
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Conservation Area: Shaw House and St Mary's Church, Shaw
Monument Type(s):
- BACK SHED? (Mid to Late 19th century to Late 19th century - 1851 AD? to 1880 AD)
- BOTHY (Mid to Late 19th century to Late 19th century - 1851 AD? to 1880 AD)
Full Description
Historical maps <1> indicate that the east boundary of the kitchen gardens at Shaw House moved eastwards in the second half of the 19th century when new glass houses and a brick garden building were added. The First Edition Ordnance Survey mapping <2> shows two joined buildings of different depths, constructed against the boundary with Love Lane. By the 5th Epoch <3> only the western deeper building survived.
A survey of the garden's standing structures in 2003 <4> describes the garden building or 'bothy'. It is single storey and of five bays to the south garden side, with doorways in the second and fifth bays and three windows. The brickwork is set in fine pointing with Flemish bond below the window sills. The north side of the building replaces the boundary wall in this section of the kitchen garden, and the roof is covered with Welsh slates <5>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Heward, J and Latham, S. 2003. Shaw House, Newbury, Berkshire - Map Regression Exercise. [Unpublished document / SWB14271] |
| <02> | Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14341] |
| <03> | Ordnance Survey. 1962-1981. Ordnance Survey Epoch 5, 1:2500. 1:2500. 1:2500, 1968. [Map / SWB14665] |
| <04> | Latham, S. 2003. Shaw House, Newbury, Berkshire - The Gardens: Historical Analysis and Survey Report. p69. [Unpublished document / SWB14268] |
| <05> | Latham, S. 2003. Shaw House, Newbury, Berkshire - The Gardens: Historical Analysis and Survey Report. Illustrations. Illust 35. [Unpublished document / SWB14269] |
Related Monuments
| MWB15774 | Shaw House (Park) (Landscape) |
| MWB21237 | Northern boundary wall, Shaw House (Building) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB740 | An Archaeological Investigation of Shaw House & Gardens, Shaw-cum-Donnington, Berkshire 2003 |
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