Information for record number MWA12502:
Atherstone Hall Park, Atherstone

Summary Park with pleasure grounds and kitchen garden.
What Is It?  
Type: Landscape Park
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Atherstone
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 98
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
Source Number  

1 Park attached to Atherstone Hall. The Ladies' Grove and Long Grove boundary plantations; pleasure grounds, walks, 2 drives/lodges, kitchen garden; old Friary pond.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Data Tables (North Warwickshire, Nuneaton & Bedworth, Rugby)
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
monument KITCHEN GARDEN * A private garden established primarily for growing vegetables and herbs for domestic consumption. back
monument LODGE * A small building, often inhabited by a gatekeeper, gamekeeper or similar. Use specific type where known. back
monument PARK * An enclosed piece of land, generally large in area, used for hunting, the cultivation of trees, for grazing sheep and cattle or visual enjoyment. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc type where known. back
monument DRIVE * A road/carriage way giving access from the main road to the house, stables. back
monument WALK * A place or path for walking in a park or garden. Use more specific type where possible. back
monument FRIARY * Houses specifically for men and of chiefly mendicant religious orders. The status of priory is represented in several friaries. Use with PRIORY if required. back
monument LANDSCAPE PARK * Grounds, usually associated with a country house, laid out so as to produce the effect of natural scenery back
monument PLANTATION * A group of planted trees or shrubs, generally of uniform age and of a single species. back

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