Information for record number MWA12693:
Thornfield garden, Barby Road, Rugby

Summary Pleasure grounds with lawns and mixed planting. House demolished. Some planting remains.
What Is It?  
Type: Garden
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Rugby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 50 74
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Thornfield, Barby Road, Rugby. Pleasure grounds with lawns and mixed planting. Paddock park with clumps. Lovie reports that house demolised with part of stable surviving at time of this survey (1996/7). Some trees and shrubbery surviving. Sit of drive and part of garden incorporated into Rugby School Hillbrow playing field.
 
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 PADDOCK * An enclosed field for horses. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. 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 DRIVE * A road/carriage way giving access from the main road to the house, stables. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument PLAYING FIELD * A field or piece of ground used for the playing of games and other activities. 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 STABLE * A building in which horses are accommodated. back
monument LAWN * A flat, and usually level area of mown and cultivated grass, attached to a house. back
monument SHRUBBERY * A plantation of shrubs. back

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