Nashdom Abbey, Taplow, England

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

An early 20th century house and formal garden by Sir Edwin Lutyens, with adjacent woodland.

DESCRIPTION

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Nashdom lies 1 kilometre north-west of Burnham, on a triangle of land bounded by roads: to the west Taplow Common Road, to the east Rose Lane, and to the north a connecting lane, Nashdom Lane, at the southern edge of the Dropmore estate. The 4 hectare site is on largely level land, with a slight rise from south to north, and a sharp drop at the south-west side of the house and upper garden terrace. The setting is largely woodland and agricultural land, with the Dropmore estate to the north and the junction of Taplow Common Road and Nashdom Lane prominent in the immediate setting to the north-west.

REFERENCES

Country Life, 32 (31 August 1912), pp 292-298

L Weaver, Houses and gardens by E L Lutyens (1913), pp 238-246

J Brown, Gardens of a golden afternoon (1982), pp 120, 159, 168, 186

N Pevsner and E Williamson, The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire (1994), pp 210-211

MAPS

OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1882

OS 25" to 1 mile: 2nd edition published 1899

1925 edition

Description written: 1997

Edited: September 2000