Gardens of Chetwode Priory House
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Description
Mid-nineteenth to late twentieth century gardens and park at Chetwode Priory House.
The gardens and small late-C20 park for a mid-C19 country house on the site of a previous house. Most of the present layout was developed during the mid-C19 from 1833, incorporating some earlier features. The garden has a rare detached pleasure ground. This is focussed on two existing moats re-used as ornamental features, linked by the remains of a network of walks, including a raised nut walk, and containing a rare ornamental iron bridge dated 1859 from a local foundry (Castle Foundry, Buckingham). The layout survives largely intact as it had developed in phases by the 1920s, including an early C20 phase, with late C20/early C21 additions by the present owner featuring work by architect Peter Foster. The main loss is the layout of the kitchen garden and a section to the east. See report for detail (B17).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Mid-nineteenth to late twentieth century gardens and park at Chetwode Priory House.
Date Listed
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