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Shugborough Park
Hob Uid: 1145400
Location : Staffordshire Stafford Colwich, Tixall, Berkswich
Grid Ref : SJ9894021750
Summary : The post medieval landscape park and pleasure grounds to Shugborough Hall, were laid out from 1740 by Thomas Anson. Re-landscaping and the enlarging of the park took place in 1795-1805 and was by John Webb. The formal garden was designed by Willian Andrews Nesfield and laid out circa 1855. Probable garden features, trackways and hollow ways within the grounds of Shugborough Hall are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on air photographs. The features were mapped as part of the Staffordshire NMP project and most appear to be extant on the latest 2010 vertical photography. (1-2)
More information : Landscape park and pleasure grounds to Shugborough Hall. The grounds were created circa 1743-73 with additions of 1795-1805 by John Webb. The formal layout was created in 1862 following a design proposed by W A Nesfield in 1855 and restored after 1966. (1) Landscaping took place from 1740 by Thomas Anson. Relandscaping and the enlarging of the park took place in 1795-1805 and was by John Webb. The formal garden was designed by Willian Andrews Nesfield and laid out circa 1855. (2) Elements of the post medieval landscape park consisting of garden features, trackways and hollow ways within the grounds of Shugborough Hall are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on air photographs centred at SJ 9903 2214. The features were mapped as part of the Staffordshire NMP project and most appear to be extant on the latest 2010 vertical photography. (3-4)

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Source details : RAF/S621 76-7 20-OCT-1941
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Landscape Park, Garden Feature, Trackway, Hollow Way
Evidence : Cropmark, Earthwork, Levelled Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Laid out from 1740
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Monument Start Date : 1740
Monument Type : Landscape Park, Pleasance
Evidence : Botanical Feature

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Additions 1795-1805
Monument End Date : 1805
Monument Start Date : 1795
Monument Type : Landscape Park, Pleasance
Evidence : Botanical Feature

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Designed 1855
Monument End Date : 1855
Monument Start Date : 1855
Monument Type : Landscape Park, Formal Garden
Evidence : Botanical Feature

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External Cross Reference Source : Register of Parks and Gardens Legacy No.
External Cross Reference Number : GD2171
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Staffordshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MST6237
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 92 SE 48
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Activity type : ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Start Date : 2005-01-01
End Date : 2005-12-31

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Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 2005-01-01
End Date : 2005-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2013-01-01
End Date : 2014-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Shugborough Park