TQ 66 NE 199 - Cobham Hall Park - Historic Environment Record

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Landscape record TQ 66 NE 199 - Cobham Hall Park

Summary

Late 18th- and early 19th-century ornamental gardens and pleasure grounds laid out by Humphry Repton and, later, his sons, partly on the site of 17th-century terraces, with additional mid-19th-century exotic tree planting and early 20th-century formal features by the designer William Goldring, set within a park of probably 16th-century origin which contains a late 17th-century avenue and an 18th-century mausoleum by James Wyatt. Summary from record TQ 66 NE 98: The South Pleasure Grounds, Cobham Hall, surveyed in 2003

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Grid reference	Centred TQ 6856 6884 (2749m by 1816m)
Map sheet	TQ66NE
County	KENT
District	GRAVESHAM, KENT
Civil Parish	COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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<1> English Heritage, 2002, Historical Account, Cobham Hall Estate, Part 2: The Gardens and Inner Grounds (Unpublished document). SKE17515.

<2> English Heritage, 2003, Cobham Hall, Kent. Lady Darnley's Garden and The South Pleasure Grounds. Survey Report (Article in serial). SWX12868.

<3> Alan Ward, 2008, Building recording undertaken in the North Pleasure Grounds and Lady Darnley's Garden, Cobham Hall, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17814.

<4> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.

<5> 1841, Tithe map of Shorne (Cartographic materials). SWX8205.

<6> Geoff Baker, 2019, Verbal communication from Geoff Baker (Verbal communication). SKE52049.

<7> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<8> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

<9> Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS), 2005, Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org) (Website). SKE16061.

<10> Cobham Ashenbank Management Scheme, 2003, Cobham Park Conservation Plan Volume 2: Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SKE17819.

<11> Kent County Council, 1996, The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium) (Unpublished document). SKE12972.

<12> Cobham Ashenbank Management Scheme, 2003, Cobham Park Conservation Plan (Unpublished document). SKE17818.

<13> Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit, 2002, Cobham Park I: Level-2 Survey - Gazetteer of Sites (Unpublished document). SKE17816.

<14> Cobham Ashenbank Management Scheme, 2003, Cobham Park Conservation Plan (Unpublished document). SKE18027.

Sources/Archives (14)

<1> SKE17515 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2002. Historical Account, Cobham Hall Estate, Part 2: The Gardens and Inner Grounds.
<2> SWX12868 Article in serial: English Heritage. 2003. Cobham Hall, Kent. Lady Darnley's Garden and The South Pleasure Grounds. Survey Report.
<3> SKE17814 Unpublished document: Alan Ward. 2008. Building recording undertaken in the North Pleasure Grounds and Lady Darnley's Garden, Cobham Hall, Kent.
<4> SKE32115 Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent.
<5> SWX8205 Cartographic materials: 1841. Tithe map of Shorne. Tithe map. 3 chains to 1 inch.
<6> SKE52049 Verbal communication: Geoff Baker. 2019. Verbal communication from Geoff Baker.
<7> SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<8> SKE29372 Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
<9> SKE16061 Website: Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS). 2005. Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org).
<10> SKE17819 Unpublished document: Cobham Ashenbank Management Scheme. 2003. Cobham Park Conservation Plan Volume 2: Gazetteer.
<11>XY SKE12972 Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 1996. The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium). [Mapped feature: #613 Park and garden, ]
<12> SKE17818 Unpublished document: Cobham Ashenbank Management Scheme. 2003. Cobham Park Conservation Plan.
<13> SKE17816 Unpublished document: Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit. 2002. Cobham Park I: Level-2 Survey - Gazetteer of Sites.
<14> SKE18027 Unpublished document: Cobham Ashenbank Management Scheme. 2003. Cobham Park Conservation Plan.

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Related Events/Activities (8)

Non-Intrusive Event: A survey and historical research on Cobham Hall gardens and grounds (EKE11891)
Intrusive Event: Brewers Gate excavation (Ref: ARC BG 98) (EKE5212)
Non-Intrusive Event: Building recording work undertaken in the North Pleasure Grounds and Lady Darnley's Garden, Cobham Hall (EKE12206)
Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of Cobham Hall grounds, Ashenbank Wood and Cobham Woods (EKE12208)
Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of Lady Darnley's Garden and the South Pleasure Grounds, Cobham Hall (EWX9146)
Intrusive Event: Trenching in the North Pleasure Grounds and Lady Darnley's Garden, Cobham Hall (EKE12207)
Intrusive Event: Watching brief at Cobham Park, Cobham, Kent (Ref: KT-CBE 08) (EKE10942)
Intrusive Event: Watling Street excavation (Ref: ARC WS 98) (EKE5210)

Record last edited

Jun 15 2021 3:22PM