Wormsley Park
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Description
Eighteenth century park and gardens at Wormsley Park shown on nineteenth century maps, with late twentieth century additions.
Richard Woods designed the garden scheme around 1775, it was only partly finished and was destroyed by 1840. There is parkland with evidence for formal planting on the 1880 first edition 6 inch OS map. Much recent landscaping (Elizabeth Banks Associates, I & J Bannerman, Johnson and Cave Associates) including garden buildings, eye catchers, labyrinth walk, rockwell tunnel and lake (B5).
Short article on tree-house (B6).
Additional park and garden features identified in desk-based assessment report (B7).
Remains on 19th century boundaries, possible garden features, and a shallow foundation cut containing fragmentary remains of a brick wall, identified during watching brief (B8).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Eighteenth century park and gardens at Wormsley Park shown on nineteenth century maps, with late twentieth century additions.
Date Listed
n/a