Introduction
Iscoyd Park is a complete, small 18th-century park, although its origins could be much earlier. It has fine specimen trees such as oak, beech and sycamore, and a pond with a mount next to it. The park was enlarged in the 19th century and boundary oak paling erected at that time. There are pleasure grounds around the house.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01443 336000Website
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/
- History
Period
18th Century (1701 to 1800)
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
- Reference: PGW(C) 16
- Grade: II
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: Iscoyd Park is an 18th-century brick house with 19th-century additions.
- Earliest Date:
- Park Pale
- Dovecote
- Mount
- Description: A mount in the park sited next to a rectangular pond.
- Pond
- Description: A rectangular pond in the park dating to at least the 18th century.
- Specimen Tree
- Description: Specimen trees such as oak, beech and sycamore.
- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
18th Century (1701 to 1800)
Survival
Extant
- References
References
- Cadw and ICOMOS UK, 'Iscoyd Park' in {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Clwyd} (Cardiff: Cadw, 1995), pp. 138-40 Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Clwyd
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 'Iscoyd Park Garden, Whitewell',