Information for record number MWA5285:
Site of Post Medieval Manor House at Weston

Summary The site of a manor house dating to the Post Medieval period. It is located 300m north east of Fish Pond Coppice.
What Is It?  
Type: Manor House, House
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Compton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 27 35
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 In the late 16th century Ralph Sheldon built a very fair house here. Dugdale gives a view of the house and grounds in 1730.
2 Illustrations exist of the house in 1716 and 1787. The latter shows that the house was built of brick with stone quoins and embellishments. The house was occupied until 1826 when it was demolished to build a new house.
3 The original Tuscan columns from the front of the house are now at Tidmington house (PRN 2102).
4The approximate site of the house taken from a map of around 1820, was moved from the 19th century stable block to the current position. Geophysical survey and lidar analysis, followed by trial trenching has now located parts of the associated gatehouse shown on the 1716 engraving in Dugdale.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Antiquities of Warwickshire
Author/originator: Dugdale W
Date: 1730
Page Number: 1056
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Prospect of Weston
Author/originator: Warriner M
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: PWF
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2387
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm.
Author/originator: B Gethin
Date: 2013 onwards
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique Geophysical Survey The measuring and recording of electrical resistivity or magnetism in order to determine the existence and outline of buried features such as walls and ditches. Geophysical techniques include resistivity survey, magnetometer survey and ground penetrating radar. View Image back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument MANOR HOUSE * The principal house of a manor or village. back
monument POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc type where known. back
monument FAIR * A site where a periodical gathering of buyers, sellers and entertainers, meet at a time ordained by charter or statute or by ancient custom. back
monument GATEHOUSE * A gateway with one or more chambers over the entrance arch; the flanking towers housing stairs and additional rooms. Use with wider site type where known. back
monument COLUMN * Use for free standing column. back
monument STABLE * A building in which horses are accommodated. back
monument COPPICE * A managed small wood or thicket of underwood grown to be periodically cut to encourage new growth providing smaller timber. back

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