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Winwick Manor

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

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