Swerford, (also known as Swerford Park), Chipping Norton, England

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

Early 19th-century pleasure grounds and park surrounding an 18th-century country house, remodelled in about the 1820s, set on steep banks in the valley of the River Swere.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Swerford Park lies at the west end of the village of Swerford, about 8 kilometres north-east of Chipping Norton. The roughly 35 hectare site is bounded to the south partly by the extension west of the village street, and on the other sides by agricultural land, and straddles the steep valley sides above the River Swere. The setting is largely agricultural, with Swerford village to the east, and views of the church spire and surrounding buildings from the east drive whilst crossing the south park.

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

N Pevsner and J Sherwood, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire (1974), pp 798-9

Maps

R Davis, A New Map of the County of Oxford ..., 1797

Swerford Enclosure map, 1805 (Oxfordshire County Record Office)

A Bryant, Map of the County of Oxford ..., surveyed 1823

OS 1" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1833

OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1885; 2nd edition published 1900; 3rd edition published 1923

OS 25" to 1 mile: 3rd edition published 1922
 

Description written: June 1998

Amended: March 1999

Edited: March 2000