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| HER Number | MWB16525 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Gardens of Hamstead Lodge (now Hamstead Park), Hamstead Marshall |
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Summary
Part of Registered Park GD1504 - 19th century gardens surrounding a house of 18th century and later date
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Listed Building (II) 1319568: GARDEN HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 14 METRES NORTH EAST OF HAMSTEAD LODGE
- Listed Building (II) 1117213: GARDEN WALL AND GARDEN ROOMS 4 METRES SOUTH EAST OF HAMSTEAD LODGE
- Registered Park or Garden (II) 1000525: Hamstead Marshall Park
Monument Type(s):
- HA HA (19th century - 1801 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- ORNAMENTAL GARDEN (19th century to Late 20th century - 1801 AD? to 2000 AD)
Full Description
This is one element of the Grade II Registered Park of Hamstead Marshall, GD1504, the other two elements being the medieval deer park and the remains of the 17th century mansion gardens.
The gardens of Hamstead Lodge encircle the house, those to the south being largely enclosed by a ha-ha, and are mainly 19th century <1>. They contain a series of terraces, some specimen trees, geometrical hedged gardens and a shrubbbery. A box-hedged parterre is sheltered by a listed garden wall, and beyond a lawn estends as far as an iron railing clairvoie flanked by stone piers. An informal pond and a listed octagonal summerhouse are also described in the Register.
Some photographs of the gardens in the 1930s are included in a village history <3>.
The GIS polygon of this garden depicts the boundary on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map <4>, delineating a more formal area from that of the parkland surrounding it.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Historic England (previously English Heritage). 1987. Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. Hamstead Marshall Park. [Unpublished document / SWB12616] |
| <02> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p179 Illust. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <03> | Stokes, P. 1996. Craven Country - The story of Hamstead Marshall. p46, 48, 95-100, 126-7. [Monograph / SWB14044] |
| <03> | Stokes, P. 2000?. Hamstead Marshall - Gazetteer. http://www.hamsteadmarshall.net/index.htm. [Website / SWB148950]
http://www.hamsteadmarshall.net/gazetteer.pdf (Accessed 23/01/2019) |
| <04> | Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14341] |
Related Monuments
| MWB15941 | Hamstead Park (formerly Hamstead Lodge), Hamstead Marshall (Building) |
| MWB3340 | Site of Hamstead Lodge icehouse (Monument) |
| MWB15773 | Hamstead Park (Park) (Landscape) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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