Introduction
Beaudesert Park has the remains of a former landscape park. The house survives in a ruinous form and the site is now used as a Scout and Guide camp. Surviving features include traces of rockwork attributed to James Pulham. There are also some specimen trees but the site is heavily overgrown with seedling trees and rhododendrons.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Website
http://www.beaudesert.orgAccess contact details
Open for Scout and Guide camp holidays.
Other Websites
- History
Period
18th Century (1701 to 1800)
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Features
- Garden Wall
- Description: The remains of the kitchen garden walls.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- House
- Description: The house survives in a ruinous form and is now used as a Scout and Guide camp.
- Planting
- Description: Some seedling trees and rhododendrons.
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Period
18th Century (1701 to 1800)
Survival
Part: standing remains
Hectares
49.2
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Longdon
- References
References
- Repton, H. {Fragments on the theory and practice of Landscape Gardening} (1816) p. 40-48. Fragments on the theory and practice of Landscape Gardening
- Plot, R. {The Natural History of Staffordshire} (Oxford: The Theatre, 1685), p. 126. The Natural History of Staffordshire
- Morris, F.O. {A Series of Picturesque Views of the Seats of the Noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland vol 2} , p3. A Series of Picturesque Views of the Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland
- Nightingale, J. 1810. {Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Stafford}, p.785. Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Stafford
- Shaw, S. 1798 {History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, Vol I} (London), p222. History and Antiquities of Staffordshire
- NJL Consultants of Telford on behalf of Beaudesert Trust {Beaudesert Park Conservation Management Plan} (2007) Beaudesert Park Conservation Management Plan