Information for record number MWA8528:
Avon Carrow gardens

Summary Gardens at Avon Carrow surrounding a house built in the Imperial period. The Gardens are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1923. They included mixed planting and an avenue of horse chestnut trees.The Gardens cover an area in the south east of Avon Dassett.
What Is It?  
Type: Garden
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Avon Dassett
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 41 49
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Gardens including mixed planting and an avenue of horse chestnuts, surrounding a Grade II Listed neo-Tudor stone house built later than 1886 (in the OS map of that date a brickyard is shown in the field). Recommended for inclusion on Local List.
2 Grounds shown shaded on OS 1:10560 1923 Sht Warks 52NE.
 
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: 52NE 1:10560 1923
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1923
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 52NE
   
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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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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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. 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 BRICKYARD * Small scale enterprise producing bricks but not at the same site as the extraction of clay. back

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