Ditton Park, Slough, England
Record Id: 1093
The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.
A moated country house surrounded by the remains of formal early 18th century gardens and a wilderness, within a landscape park laid out by Lancelot Brown, 1762-1774.
DESCRIPTION
LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING
Ditton Park lies to the south-east of Slough in the hamlet of Ditton. The site is defined by residential development to the north, open farmland to the west, Ditton Park Road to the east, and to the south by Riding Court Road and Farm, the adjacent research station (built on part of the former parkland) and the M4. The construction of the motorway in the early 1970s caused the loss of the south-west corner of the park and the lodge associated with the south drive.
REFERENCES
Heritage Survey: Ditton Park, (Nicholas Pearson Associates, August 1994)
N Pevsner and E Williamson, The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire (1994), p 279
Description written: February 1999
Edited: March 2000
Site designation(s)
English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England Grade II Reference GD 2312
English Heritage Listed Building Grade II Reference Ditton Park
English Heritage Listed Building Grade II Reference Iron railed bridge, gatehouse & stable block & offices
English Heritage Listed Building Grade II Reference brick walled garden & brick-built summerhouse
Principal building:
House Created 1813 to 1817
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