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.

HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT

The Duke of Buccleuch commissioned the house as a hunting lodge in 1783, and by 1797 the estate was known as Swerford Park (Davis, 1797). Mr J Smith Barry owned the estate from 1810 to 1820, and the Waterloo bridge and lake were probably constructed at this time (the bridge dated 1815), possibly with advice from J C Loudon who lived at, and laid out the landscape for nearby Great Tew Park from about 1806-11. General Sir R Bolton (died 1836) owned the estate from around 1820, employing the architect Joseph M Gandy to remodel the house from about 1824-9. Samuel Davis owned the estate in the mid-19th century and built the stable block, dated 1864. In 1923 the estate was acquired by Lady O'Connor, whose husband was the Solicitor General, and the property remained in their ownership until the Second World War. The estate remains (1998) in private ownership.