Information for record number MWA12644:
Dunsmore park/garden, Clifton upon Dunsmore, Rugby

Summary Pleasure grounds with terraces, walks, mixed planting, kitchen garden, parkland. Recommended for inclusion on the Local List by Lovie.
What Is It?  
Type: Garden, Landscape Park
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Clifton on Dunsmore
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 54 76
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 Dunsmore park/garden, Clifton upon Dunsmore, Rugby. Lovie reports that the house survives as a nursing home. Terraces and immediate pleasure grounds, mixed planting, kitchen garden and parkland.
 
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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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 HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument KITCHEN GARDEN * A private garden established primarily for growing vegetables and herbs for domestic consumption. 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 NURSING HOME * A residential home for older people or people with physical and/or mental disabilities who need care provided by registered nurses. 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 LANDSCAPE PARK * Grounds, usually associated with a country house, laid out so as to produce the effect of natural scenery back
monument TERRACE * A row of houses attached to and adjoining one another and planned and built as one unit. back

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