Information for record number MWA8581:
Moreton Paddox grounds

Summary Formal gardens laid in formal style around an early 20th century house, demolished in 1959; but a lodge survives. The gardens are located at Moreton Paddox.
What Is It?  
Type: Garden, Formal Garden
Period: Modern (1914 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Moreton Morrell
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 30 54
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Formal gardens around neo-Jacobean house built 1909-15 for Maj. Emmett. Features included canal, yew-hedged enclosure, rose garden, wild garden. Sold 1944, demolished 1959, grounds redeveloped. Lodges survive. Recommended for inclusion on Local List.
2 One of a group of three significant early 20th century gardens around Wellesbourne, the last to be developed. gardens laid out in formal style, with steps from a balustraded terrace to a yew-enclosed lawn. Photographs show topiary. No significant garden features remain, though one Lodge survives. No action recommended.
3 An early twentieth century neo-Jacobean house is visible on oblique aerial photographs of 1959 at Moreton Paddox. The grounds have since been redeveloped. This area was surveyed from aerial photographs as part of the SE Warwickshire and Cotswolds HLS NMP project, but the house and gardens were not mapped from aerial photographs as they have already been recorded on the 1955 Ordnance Survey 1:10560 map of Warwickshire.
 
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: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Report & Recommendations
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: SE Warwickshire and Cotswolds NMP Project
Author/originator: Josephine Janik
Date: 2010-2012
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Images:  
A view of the gardens at Moreton Paddox House in the 1920s
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1920s
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technique Oblique aerial photograph Oblique aerial photographs are taken at angles of less than 90 degrees to the ground. They are usually taken by a photographer through the window of an aeroplane. Oblique aerial photographs are particularly useful for identifying archaeological sites that survive as earthworks, standing monuments and cropmarks. See also vertical aerial photographs. back
technique Aerial Photograph Aerial photographs are taken during an aerial survey, which involves looking at the ground from above. It is usually easier to see cropmarks and earthworks when they are viewed from above. Aerial photographs help archaeologists to record what they see and to identify new sites. There are two kinds of aerial photographs; oblique and vertical. back
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 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 ROSE GARDEN * A garden, often geometrical in layout, or area for the cultivation of roses. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument LODGE * A small building, often inhabited by a gatekeeper, gamekeeper or similar. Use specific type where known. back
monument CANAL * An artificial navigable waterway used for the transportation of goods. Nowadays also used for recreational purposes. back
monument FORMAL GARDEN * A garden of regular, linear or geometrical design, often associated with the traditional Italian, French and Dutch styles. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument GARDEN FEATURE * Unspecified landscape feature. Use more specific type where known. 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 WILD GARDEN * A garden where woodland and meadow flowers grow in an apparently natural way. back
monument LAWN * A flat, and usually level area of mown and cultivated grass, attached to a house. back
monument STEPS * A series of flat-topped structures, usually made of stone or wood, used to facilitate a person's movement from one level to another. 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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