Information for record number MWA13019:
Fenny Compton villa group gardens

Summary The Rectory, St. Albans, The Grange. Pleasure grounds with walks; paddocks.
What Is It?  
Type: Garden
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Fenny Compton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 41 52
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Fenny Compton villa group gardens. Lovie lists the Rectory, St. Albans and the Grange. The gardens have pleasure grounds with walks, mixed planting, paddocks with boundary planting. He notes a conservatory at St. Albans. Some planting survives at time of his report (1996/7).
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Data Tables (Stratford on Avon)
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
monument CONSERVATORY * A glasshouse used to grow and display tender decorative plants. May be either an extension to a house or freestanding. back
monument GRANGE * An outlying farm or estate, usually belonging to a religious order or feudal lord. Specifically related to core buildings and structures associated with monastic land holding. Use specific term where known. back
monument PADDOCK * An enclosed field for horses. 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 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 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

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