Gardens at Grendon Hall

Location/Address

None recorded

Type

Park or garden

Coherent areas of land designed and/or managed for leisure purposes.

Description

Late nineteenth century gardens and parkland to Grendon Hall The pleasure ground and park for an 1880s country house on an elevated site, including terrace, informal lawns with mature trees and shrubberies, and parkland, since the mid-C20 in institutional use as a prison. The layout survives considerably intact, except for a 7ha. housing estate in the south park and prison buildings in the pleasure grounds around the Hall to the east and south. The elevated areas of the site enjoy extensive views south and west. A large prison compound lies adjacent in the setting to the east. See report for detail (B6).

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Statement of Significance

Asset type

Late nineteenth century gardens and parkland to Grendon Hall

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Date Listed

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