Gardens of The Lilies, Weedon
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Type
Description
Early nineteenth century formal gardens with adjacent park, altered in the 1870s and incorporating sixteenth century walled garden.
16th century garden walls enclose remains of the garden laid out between 1848 and 1852 for Lord Nugent. A park and formal garden are shown on Bryant's 1824 map. Some parkland in the south west. Part of the site is down to grass, the condtion is not enhanced by the use of some of the ground for the Bucks County Show (B9).
2 photographs of the house in 1874 included in the RIBA's Devey Collection, show the gardens in the immediate vicinity of the house (B12).
A small country house, informal pleasure grounds and modest park established in the present form in phases during the C19 following Enclosure, incorporating earlier fabric including a C16 garden wall. The layout is closely associated with its originator, Lord George Nugent, originally of Stowe, who lived here for 45 years. He apparently established the park and garden from c.1805, although the detail of some of his work is unclear. The most unusual feature is his Grove of Friendship with the last few surviving commemorative stones marking surviving tree planting by his illustrious friends. The present layout reflects closely that mapped in the 1870s in Henry Cazenove’s time, when the house was rebuilt for him by Devey and the grounds were altered too, incorporating elements of Nugent’s layout. A number of fine ornamental trees survive from both main periods. See report for detail (B13).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Early nineteenth century formal gardens with adjacent park, altered in the 1870s and incorporating sixteenth century walled garden.
Date Listed
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