TR 05 SE 46 - Chilham Castle - Historic Environment Record

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Landscape record TR 05 SE 46 - Chilham Castle

Summary

Landscape park and formal and ornamental gardens at Chilham Castle. The park has its origins as a Medieval deer park and was landscaped and enlarged by James Colebrook in 1724. Further alterations took place in 1777 when Lancelot Brown was commissioned by James Wildman for improvements, however, the extent of his work is uncertain. Further additions were made after 1867 by Charles Stewart Hardy. The formal and ornamental gardens were laid out during the early 17th century by John Tradescant the Elder for Sir Dudley Digges. Some of the garden terraces which had been removed by Lancelot Brown were reinstated by James Beckford Wildman between 1816 and 1861. A restoration of the gardens was carried out from 1918 by Sir Herbert Baker for Sir Edmund Davis.

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Grid reference	Centred TR 0641 5285 (1258m by 1522m) GCE
Map sheet	TR05SE
County	KENT
District	ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish	CHILHAM, ASHFORD, KENT

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2003, Chilham Castle, Kent: Historic Landscape Survey & Restoration Proposals. Appendix B of Countryside Stewardship Application (Unpublished document). SKE17695.

<1> OS 1:10000 1975 (OS Card Reference). SKE48160.

<2> English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest,Part 24 Kent(May 1987) (OS Card Reference). SKE41622.

<3> Chilham Castle (guidebook) 1982 (OS Card Reference). SKE38957.

<4> Country Life (25 Mar 1899) 368-71 (OS Card Reference). SKE39344.

<5> Country Life (27 Jul 1912) 126-33 (OS Card Reference). SKE39347.

<6> Country Life (24 May 1924) 812-19 (OS Card Reference). SKE39343.

<7> Stroud D(1975)Capability Brown. 219-220 (OS Card Reference). SKE49685.

<8> Wright T(1978)Gardens of Britain 4. 28-30 (OS Card Reference). SKE51406.

<9> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.

<10> Debois Landscape Survey Group, 2003, Restoration Plan and Countryside Stewardship Application, Chilham Castle, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE51432.

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---XY SKE17695 Unpublished document: 2003. Chilham Castle, Kent: Historic Landscape Survey & Restoration Proposals. Appendix B of Countryside Stewardship Application. [Mapped feature: #2042 garden, ]
<1> SKE48160 OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1975.
<2> SKE41622 OS Card Reference: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest,Part 24 Kent(May 1987).
<3> SKE38957 OS Card Reference: Chilham Castle (guidebook) 1982.
<4> SKE39344 OS Card Reference: Country Life (25 Mar 1899) 368-71.
<5> SKE39347 OS Card Reference: Country Life (27 Jul 1912) 126-33.
<6> SKE39343 OS Card Reference: Country Life (24 May 1924) 812-19.
<7> SKE49685 OS Card Reference: Stroud D(1975)Capability Brown. 219-220.
<8> SKE51406 OS Card Reference: Wright T(1978)Gardens of Britain 4. 28-30.
<9> SKE32115 Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent.
<10> SKE51432 Unpublished document: Debois Landscape Survey Group. 2003. Restoration Plan and Countryside Stewardship Application, Chilham Castle, Kent.

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Non-Intrusive Event: Restoration Plan and Countryside Stewardship Application (Ref: B11 CSA REPORT) (EKE16684)

Record last edited

Mar 19 2024 1:37PM