Briggens, Roydon / Stanstead Abbots / Hunsdon - East Hertfordshire / Epping Forest

Early C18 landscape park retaining features designed by Charles Bridgeman c1720, and focussed on a C18 and later country house set within early C20 Edwardian pleasure grounds designed by Lord Hunsdon. The site is in divided ownership with the majority of the parkland in use as a golf course until recently. Built structures are unoccupied and multiple key features are in very poor condition, including Bridgeman’s formal water bodies, the arboretum, pleasure ground shrubberies, the C18 walled garden, the avenue along the C19 Roydon drive, and the C19 and early C20 entrance lodges.

Site Details

Designated Site Name:

Briggens

Heritage Category:

Registered Park and Garden grade II

List Entry Number:

1001705

Local Planning Authority:

East Hertfordshire

Site Type:

Gardens parks and urban spaces > Landscape park

Location

County:

Hertfordshire / Essex

District / Borough:

East Hertfordshire / Epping Forest

Parish:

Roydon / Stanstead Abbots / Hunsdon

Parliamentary Constituency:

Hertford and Stortford / Broxbourne

Region:

East of England

Assessment Information

Assessment Type:

Park and garden

Condition:

Extensive significant problems

Vulnerability:

High

Trend:

Declining

Ownership:

Mixed, multiple owners

Designation:

Registered Park and Garden grade II, 7 LBs