Information for record number MWA8534:
Beaudesert Park

Summary The site of a park, including features such as a sundial, walks, kitchen garden and terrace, dating to the Imperial period. The park is marked on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1886 and 1906. It is located 800m south west of Buckley Green.
What Is It?  
Type: Park, Sundial, Kitchen Garden
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Beaudesert
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 15 66
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Villa pleasure grounds with terrace, sundial, walks, kitchen garden, paddock park. Surrounds Grade II Listed early 19th century house previously used as prep. school (attended by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe). Recommended for inclusion on Local List.
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3 OS 1:10560 1886 Shts Warks 31NE/SE show house set in remains of Henley Great park, but extent of attached land is unclear.
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5 OS 1:10560 1906 Shts Warks 31NE/SE show grounds at that period shaded.
6 Site shown on Greenwood's map of 1822.
 
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: 31NE 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Volume/Sheet: 31NE
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: 31SE 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Volume/Sheet: 31SE
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Map
Title: 31NE 1:10560 1906
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1906
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 31NE
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Map
Title: 31SE 1:10560 1906
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1906
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 31SE
   
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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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument KITCHEN GARDEN * A private garden established primarily for growing vegetables and herbs for domestic consumption. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. 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 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 SUNDIAL * A structure used to show the time of day by means of the sun shining on a 'gnomon', the shadow of which falls on the surface of the dial which is marked with a diagram showing the hours. Can be freestanding, usually on a pillar, or fixed to a building. 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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