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Rippington Manor, Great Gransden

Introduction

Features of Rippington Manor include a terrace, a walled garden, a moat and fishponds.

The south terrace leads down to a large walled garden with clipped yew hedges enclosing a well in the centre. Further to the south is a moat. There are two fishponds and an avenue of chestnuts, with a dovecote in an adjacent field.
History

This is an Elizabethan brick manor house built around 1550. It was occupied by one Julius Caesar, when he was physician to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth I. The Caesers were descended from Caeser Aldemare of Padua, and had settled in England by 1550.

Period

  • Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
  • Tudor (1485-1603)
Features & Designations

Features

  • Garden Terrace
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  • Moat
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  • Fishpond
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  • Avenue
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  • Dovecote
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  • Manor House (featured building)
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Key Information

Type

Garden

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Domestic / Residential

Period

Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)

Survival

Extant

Civil Parish

Great Gransden

References

Contributors

  • Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust