Monument record 478/1/2 - Possible Post Medieval Garden

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Full Description

{1} The Dower House is surrounded by very slight earthworks of: a broad flat terrace only 0.25m high and 30m long; slighter banks and ditches; the possible remains of a small formal graden.

{2} The Dower House and the building to the north west (which is now demolished) are shown standing in a small rectangular enclosure of a possible garden


<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.90 site 3 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> 1741, Map of Fawsley, (unchecked) (Map). SNN8611.

<3> Ault S.; Richmond H.; Taylor R., 1978, Fawsley Dower House, (unchecked) (Unpublished Report). SNN55122.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1981. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 3. HMSO. p.90 site 3 (unchecked).
  • <2> Map: 1741. Map of Fawsley. (unchecked).
  • <3> Unpublished Report: Ault S.; Richmond H.; Taylor R.. 1978. Fawsley Dower House. (unchecked).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 57023 57889 (39m by 34m) Approximate
Civil Parish FAWSLEY, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

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Record last edited

Oct 16 2012 4:04PM

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