Information for record number MWA12651:
Holbrook Grange garden, Little Lawford, Rugby

Summary Villa with pleasure grounds, walks, mixed planting, kitchen garden, conservatory set in parkland with boundary planting, drive, footbridge and boathouse on river Avon. Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
What Is It?  
Type: Landscape Park, Garden
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Little Lawford
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 47 76
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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2 Lovie reports the house set in rolling meadows which run down to the river Avon and suggests that when the house was first built in the late 18th century, a number of fields were appropriated to form a small park. parkland with boundary planting with walks, drive, footbridge and boathouse on the river Avon. Gardens adjacent to house separated from parkland by ha-ha. Lovie reports that there was a flower garden possibly contemporary with the house and forming part of the Regency landscape scheme. There was a kitchen garden, conservatory, vinery, greenhouse, a range of cool pits and an orchard. Lovie states that at the time of his report (1996/7) the house was used as a guesthouse and conference centre. He had no access so was unable to see the Gardens immediately around the house so their condition was unknown to him. He viewed the parkland which he considered to have survived well.
 
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 CONSERVATORY * A glasshouse used to grow and display tender decorative plants. May be either an extension to a house or freestanding. back
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 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 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 PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument VILLA * A term for a type of house, with varying definitions according to period. Roman villas were high-status and usually associated with a rural estate, whereas Georgian and later period villas were often semi-detached, town houses. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument FLOWER GARDEN * A garden in which flower beds are the primary focal point. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument VINERY * A glass-house or hot-house constructed for the cultivation of a grapevine. back
monument CONFERENCE CENTRE * A purpose-built, or modified, building where organizations and associations meet for presentations and consultation. back
monument FOOTBRIDGE * A narrow bridge for people and animals to cross on foot. 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 ORCHARD * An enclosure used for the cultivation of fruit trees. back
monument MEADOW * A piece of grassland, often near a river, permanently covered with grass which is mown for use as hay. back

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