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Home › Manor House, Fenstanton

Manor House, Fenstanton, Fenstanton, England

Record Id: 4102

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Brief description of site

The 18th-century home of Lancelot Brown which he received by way of payment for his work for the Earl of Northampton at Castle Ashby. The gardens do not reflect Brown's work featuring only topiary hollies, lawns and hedges.

Location information:

Address: Chequers Street, Fenstanton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, PE28 9JP

Locality: Fenstanton

Local Authorities:

Cambridgeshire; Huntingdonshire; Fenstanton

Historical County: Cambridgeshire

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number: 154 Grid Ref: TL318688
Latitude: 52.30152 Longitude: -0.06850573

Key information:

Form of site: garden

Purpose of site: Ornamental

Context or principal building: manor house

Site first created: 1768

Main period of development: Mid 18th century

Survival: Extant

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Record created: 18/03/2008 Record last updated: 10/12/2008

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