Introduction
The gardens associated with the 16th-century Winwick Manor have formal and informal areas, including a parterre. It is not known when they were laid out.
- History
There may have been a medieval deer park just north of the manor, as suggested by field names such as Big Park on a mid-19th-century map.
Period
- Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
- Tudor (1485-1603)
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
Historic Environment Record (Local Authority)
- Reference: SMR 1085/3 - MNN16494
Features
- Gate Piers
- Description: Gate piers and wooden gates probably dating from the 17th century and restored in the early 20th. They are about 7 metres north of the west front of the manor house.
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- Garden Wall
- Description: A late-17th-century wall about 20 metres south-east of the south front of the manor house. It is built of chequered brick with lias coping.
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- Arch
- Description: Early-17th-century gate arch and attached walls. The semi-circular stone arch is framed by pairs of Doric columns. This gate arch is reported in the 1998 Buildings at Risk survey.
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- Stable
- Description: Sixteenth- and 17th-century stables and outbuildings with some 20th-century features.
- Manor House (featured building)
- Description: Winwick Manor comprises two houses. The original building dates from the 16th century. It was later reduced in size and extensions were added in about 1920.
- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
Survival
Part: standing remains
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Winwick
- References
References
- Pevsner, N. and B. Cherry, {The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire} (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1973), p. 464 The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire