Information for record number MWA8510:
Avonmore villa garden, Alveston

Summary Avonmore Villa garden, created as a Villa and grounds in the Imperial period, and marked on maps from 1822 and later. It is situated to the south east of the Church of St James, Alveston.
What Is It?  
Type: Garden, Villa
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1900 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Stratford upon Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 23 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 The gardens consist of pleasure grounds with mixed plantings, walks, paddocks, and small park.
2 The OS 1:10560 1886 Sht Warks 44NE shows the house and grounds.
3 More extensive grounds appear to be shown on the OS 1:10560 1938 Sht Warks 44NE.
4 Greenwood shows a more extensive area than on the 1886 map.
5 Illustrative map.
6 Greenwood's map.
 
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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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: 44NE 1:10560 1887 2nd edition
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1887
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Volume/Sheet: 44NE
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: 44NE 1:10560 1938
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1938
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Volume/Sheet: 44NE
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Map
Title: Historic Landscape Assessment Maps
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1999
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Source No: 6
Source Type: Map
Title: Greenwood's Map of the County of Warwick 1822
Author/originator: Greenwood C & J
Date: 1822
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Historic Landscape Assessment
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1999
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Glossary

 
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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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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 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 CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. 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

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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