Information for record number MWA8517:
Ashorne Hill House, Ashorne

Summary Gardens and parkland which surround Ashorne Hill House, and which were created in the Imperial period. The grounds included yew hedges, a topiary, terraces, mixed planting, a ha ha and an orchard.They covered a large area to the north east of Ashorne. Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
What Is It?  
Type: Park, Garden, Topiary Garden, Ha Ha
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Newbold Pacey
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 30 58
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Photographs show an arts and crafts vernacular style garden around the house with yew hedges, topiary, terraces. Other features included parkland with paddock enclosures, ha-ha, pleasure grounds with walks, mixed planting, orchard. Recommended for inclusion on the Local List.
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3 Ashorne Hill house postdates the OS 1:10560 1886 Sht Warks 39SW/SE, but some features of the grounds are nevertheless visible.
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5 The OS 1:10560 1926 Sht Warks 39SW/SE shows features including ha-ha in shaded parkland around the house.
6 The house was built in the Elizabethan revival style, with some formal gardens. It was surrounded by an estate of about 400 acres and was used as a hunting box until sold in 1924 (p112).
 
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: 6
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Report & Recommendations
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: 39SW 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Volume/Sheet: 39SW
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: 39SE 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Volume/Sheet: 39SE
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Map
Title: 39SW 1:10560 1926
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1926
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 39SW
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Map
Title: 39SE 1:10560 1926
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1926
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 39SE
   
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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 TOPIARY GARDEN * A garden containing trees or shrubs pruned and trained into various geometric, zoomorphic or fantastic shapes. back
monument FORMAL GARDEN * A garden of regular, linear or geometrical design, often associated with the traditional Italian, French and Dutch styles. 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 FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. 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 ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or other similar barrier. Use specific type where known. 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 HEDGE * Usually a row of bushes or small trees planted closely together to form a boundary between pieces of land or at the sides of a road. back
monument ORCHARD * An enclosure used for the cultivation of fruit trees. back
monument HA HA * A dry ditch or sunken fence which divided the formal garden from the landscaped park without interrupting the view. back
monument TERRACE * A row of houses attached to and adjoining one another and planned and built as one unit. back

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