Monument record MDO221 - Garden at Beaminster Manor, Beaminster

18th century landscape park at Beaminster Manor containing woodland, lawns and traces of a tree avenue. The gate piers and wall to the south west and south, and the walled kitchen garden are all 18th century in date.

C18 landscape park, at most extensive c.25ha, reduced to c.5ha adjacent to manor. To south west and south, gate piers and wall, C18. Gate piers reputed to have come from Clifton Maybank, Somerset. Walled kitchen garden with entrance gate 100m east of manor, C18. [Full topographical description] LISTED GRADE II.
Additional reference, not consulted. <3>

<1> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset (Monograph). SWX1290.

<2> Jones, B, 1974, Follies and Grottoes, 316 (Monograph). SDO17608.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1981 (Map). SDO17396.

[Name ST 48200164] Manor Park[NAT]

<4> English Heritage, 2005, Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England: Dorset (Revised) (Monograph). SDO17438.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 619200 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 10 2022 12:36PM