Information for record number MWA12526:
Cliff Hall park/garden, Kingsbury

Summary Park with circuit walk including riverside walk; boundary plantations; formal garden with shrubberies, pleasure gardens; kitchen garden.
What Is It?  
Type: Garden
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kingsbury
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 98
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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2 Cliff Hall park/garden Lovie describes the hall and park/gardens as occuplying a position on the banks of the river Tame. There was a circuit walk partly following the river before passing across a paddock enclosed by boundary planting. The grounds also included a formal garden with shrubberies, kitchen garden and pleasure grounds. Lovie describes the site as in divided ownership in 1976; part used as a restaurant and bar. However, other information on this database describes the hall as being demolished in 1968.
 
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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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Report & Recommendations
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument PADDOCK * An enclosed field for horses. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument KITCHEN GARDEN * A private garden established primarily for growing vegetables and herbs for domestic consumption. back
monument FORMAL GARDEN * A garden of regular, linear or geometrical design, often associated with the traditional Italian, French and Dutch styles. 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 WALK * A place or path for walking in a park or garden. Use more specific type where possible. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument PLANTATION * A group of planted trees or shrubs, generally of uniform age and of a single species. back
monument PLEASURE GARDEN * A type of 18th century public park, with refreshment houses, concert rooms, etc. back
monument RESTAURANT * A place where refreshments or meals may be obtained. back

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