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Wicken Park

Introduction

The site of the medieval deer park is now an agricultural landscape of field and copses. There is also an early 18th-century country house now used as a school.

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History

Period

Medieval (1066 to 1540)

Features & Designations

Designations

  • The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building

  • Reference: Wicken Park, Tudor House
  • Grade: II

  • Historic Environment Record (Local Authority)

  • Reference: SMR 1165 - MNN591

Features

  • Earthwork
  • Description: Large banks around existing woodland, which may relate to medieval park boundaries, especially in Park Copse.
  • Country House (featured building)
  • Description: An early 18th-century house with possible 16th-century origins. It was altered and enlarged in the 18th and 19th centuries. An associated Tudor Lodge was converted to stables in the 18th century and part of it is now the school gymnasium.
Key Information

Type

Park

Purpose

Agriculture And Subsistence

Principal Building

Education

Period

Medieval (1066 to 1540)

Survival

Lost

Open to the public

Yes

Civil Parish

Wicken

References

References