Ascott Park, Stadhampton, Oxfordshire. Analytical Earthwork Survey of a 17th Century Park and Garden
Author(s): Mark Bowden, Anya Rardin
Survey ad investigation of Ascott PArk, Stadhampton in 2007 has elucidated the post-medieval history of the site, suggesting periods of park development and building in the later 16th and earlier 17th centuries followed by major re-modelling at the time of the building of the new house c1660 by Sir William 'the Splendid' Dormer. When this house burnt down before completion in 1662 Dormer's ambitions for the site were ended and the park has been a backwater ever since. Traces of the medieval landscape survive amongst the park and garden features. The early post-medieval phases are represented by earthworks and ponds but also by a number of standing structures including houses, a dovecot, a gazebo and a set of gate piers.
- Report Number:
- 93/2007
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 26
- Keywords:
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces Post Medieval Survey
