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High Lodge
Hob Uid: 336669
Location : Oxfordshire West Oxfordshire Blenheim
Grid Ref : SP4304015540
Summary : Hunting lodge and attached walls in Blenheim Park. Constructed c 1768 by Capability Brown on the site of a Medieval hunting lodge. In use as a house at time of listing (1988).
More information : (SP 43041554) High Lodge (NR) (1) Rebuilt by Lancelot Brown. (No information available as to the origin of its structure). Grade I. (2) High Lodge was the residence of the Ranger of Woodstock Park - one of the most distinguished of whom was John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, temp. Charles II. It was rebuilt by Lancelot Brown in castellated style in 1750. No outstanding. See G.P. (3) High Lodge, 1 mile E of the palace, was rebuilt in Gothic style, probably by Capability Brown, c. 1768. It has an embattled central tower with a bay-window. Prints of its predecessor show a square house with a hipped roof. (4) High Lodge and attached walls. Hunting lodge, now house. c 1768, by Capability Brown. Stands on site of medieval lodge. Listed grade II*; for details see schedule. (5) Additional references (6-8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1955
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Source details : MHLG Chipping Norton RD July 1952 (1)
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Source details : F1 CFW 14-JAN-72
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Source details : J Sherwood, N Pevsner. (1974) Oxfordshire
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Source details : DOE (HHR) District of West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, 27 July 1988, 9
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Bond J, Tiller K (1987) Blenheim; Landscape for a Palace, Oxford. Alan Sutton. 102-4
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : Green D (1951) Blenheim Palace; London, Country Life 32-36
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : Blenheim Palace Guidebook (1993) Norwich Jarrold 56
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Source Number : 9
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Source details : Oxfordshire (May 1987)
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Vol(s) : Part 34

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Hunting Lodge
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : c1768
Monument End Date : 1778
Monument Start Date : 1758
Monument Type : Hunting Lodge, Wall
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : At time of listing
Monument End Date : 1988
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Monument Type : House
Evidence : Extant Building

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 253000
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 41 NW 24
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-01-14
End Date : 1972-01-14

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1996-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31

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High Lodge