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HER Number: 4297
Record Type: Building
Name: High Lodge & Attached Walls, Blenheim Park

Designations

  • Listed Building (II) 1052918: HIGH LODGE AND ATTACHED WALLS
Grid Reference: SP 430 155
Parish:BLENHEIM, WEST OXFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE

Monument Type(s):

  • HUNTING LODGE (Post Medieval - 1642 AD? to 1788 AD)
  • HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1748 AD to 1788 AD)

Summary

Hunting lodge, now house c.1768. Residence of Rangers of Woodstock Park when it was a Crown estate. C18th enlargement to house for Duke and Duchess of Marlborough while Palace was being built.

Associated Monuments

  • None

    • Associated Finds:

  • None

    • Description

    SP41NW BLENHEIM
    2/18 High Lodge and attached walls
    27/08/57 (Formerly listed as High Lodge
    Blenheim Park Combe, Oxon)
    II*
    Hunting lodge, now house. c.1768, by Capability Brown. Coursed limestone rubble; hipped Welsh slate roofs. 3-unit plan. Gothick style. Front, of 3-window range, has central 3-storey tower flanked by 2-storey bays. 3-storey canted bay window to centre: 2-light pointed-arched windows with applied wood frames above pointed-arched doorway with studded door. Similar windows in flanking bays. Raised storey and parapet bands; crenellated parapet. Similar windows to sides and rear of tower have sashes with octagonal panes. Porches with crenellated parapets to rear of flanking bays. To rear of tower is pointed arched doorway with studded door, and crenellated walls enclosing yard of approximately 10 x 10 metres. Interior not inspected. Stands on site of medieval lodge.
    (Blenheim Park is included in the HBMC Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p474; D. Green, Blenheim Palace: 1951, pp30, 32-36)
    Listing NGR: SP4304815547
    6) Observation made during refurbishment revealed no trace of the medieval High Lodge supposed to have existed here. Core of building appeared to be single phased with later additions. It is probable that the present structure existed as a new wing added in 1706 to the now demolished Civil War High Lodge.


    <1> Dept of Environment/DCMS, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, West Oxon List 119: 2/18, p.9 (Index). SOX260.

    <2> General reference, Marshall: 'History of Woodstock Manor' (1873) pp.236, 272 (Bibliographic reference). SOX373.

    <3> General reference, D Green: 'Blenheim Palace' (1951) pp.32-6, 231 (Bibliographic reference). SOX373.

    <4> General reference, D Green: 'Blenheim Park & Garden (1972) pp.26-7 (Bibliographic reference). SOX373.

    <5> Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1974, The Buildings of England - Oxfordshire, p.474 (Bibliographic reference). SOX380.

    <6> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1996, High Lodge, Blenheim Park, Woodstock, Oxon: Archaeological Watching Brief and Photographic survey during Conversion (Unpublished document). SOX1229.

    <7> CBA South Midlands Group, South Midlands Archaeology, Vol 29 (1999) p.70. Rob Kinchin Smith (Serial). SOX5.

    <8> English Heritage (RCHME), 1987-1989, Historic Buildings Photographic Record Card (Photograph). SOX2063.

    Sources

    <1>Dept of Environment/DCMS. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. West Oxon List 119: 2/18, p.9. [Index / SOX260]
    <2>General reference. Marshall: 'History of Woodstock Manor' (1873) pp.236, 272. [Bibliographic reference / SOX373]
    <3>General reference. D Green: 'Blenheim Palace' (1951) pp.32-6, 231. [Bibliographic reference / SOX373]
    <4>General reference. D Green: 'Blenheim Park & Garden (1972) pp.26-7. [Bibliographic reference / SOX373]
    <5>Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1974. The Buildings of England - Oxfordshire. p.474. [Bibliographic reference / SOX380]
    <6>Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1996. High Lodge, Blenheim Park, Woodstock, Oxon: Archaeological Watching Brief and Photographic survey during Conversion. [Unpublished document / SOX1229]
    <7>CBA South Midlands Group. South Midlands Archaeology. Vol 29 (1999) p.70. Rob Kinchin Smith. [Serial / SOX5]
    <8>English Heritage (RCHME). 1987-1989. Historic Buildings Photographic Record Card. print. [Photograph / SOX2063]

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