Madresfield Court, Great Malvern, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

Formal gardens and pleasure grounds of the late 19th century and very early 20th century associated with a country house. There is also a 19th-century landscape park.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Madresfield lies 3km east of the centre of Great Malvern, midway between the town and the River Severn. Madresfield Court lies about 400m east of the village of Madresfield, much of which was rebuilt by the estate around 1870. The house's pleasure grounds lie between the two, while Madresfield Park extends east from Madresfield Court for over 1.5km up to the B4424 Powick to Upton upon Severn road. The park is bounded to the north by Madresfield Brook, to the south the boundary following field edges. The area here registered is roughly 205 hectares.

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

R Sidwell, West Midlands Gardens (1981)

A Forsyth, Yesterday's Gardens, (1983), pls 63, 84

Madresfield Court: Landscape Restoration Management Plan, (FWAG 1995)

Anon, Madresfield Court Gardens, (pamphlet, c 1997)

R Lockett, A Survey of Historic Parks and Gardens in Worcestershire, (Hereford & Worcester Gardens Trust 1997)

Maps

OS 6" to 1 mile: Worcestershire sheet 40 NW, 1st edition published 1884-5

Worcestershire sheet 40 NE, 1st edition published 1884-5

Worcestershire sheet 40 SW, 1st edition published 1884-5

Worcestershire sheet 40 SE, 1st edition published 1884-5

OS 25" to 1 mile: Worcestershire sheet 40.6, 1st edition published 1887

Archival items

Madresfield Tithe map, 1838 (copy at estate office)