Estcourt Park, Shipton Moyne, England

Extant listed park buildings dating back to the late 18th century include the main stable block, the former coach house, gates and gate piers. These are all listed grade II as are the Eagle Lodge, former animal shelters and a small barn dating back to the 19th century.

Although the late 18th century house was demolished in about 1963 the park has remained intact along with the avenues, and various walks and drives around the estate.

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

Landscape park developed from the late 18th century through into the mid-19th century as the setting for a country house (demolished). W A Nesfield provided plans for alterations to the park and lake in 1850.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Estcourt Park lies 2 kilometres south-east of Tetbury, 2 kilometres to the south and south-west of the village of Long Newnton, and 1.8 kilometres to the west of the county boundary with Wiltshire. The River Avon flows from west to east in a deep wooded valley through the north side of the site, the parkland falling gently to the north-west, west, and south. Elsewhere, the 87 hectare park is surrounded by gently rolling agricultural land.

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

R Atkyns, The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire (1712)

Victoria History of the County of Gloucestershire XI, (1976), pp 247-55

D Verey, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire The Cotswolds (1970), pp 606-7

N Kingsley, The Country Houses of Gloucestershire, Volume One, 1550-1660 (1989), pp 92-4

N Kingsley, The Country Houses of Gloucestershire, Volume Two, 1660-1830 (1992), pp 136-7

Estcourt Park: Landscape Management Plan, (Elizabeth Banks Associates 1997)

Maps

A Map of Tho Estcourt Esq Lands in the Parish of Shipton Moyne, 1770 (reproduced in Elizabeth Banks Associates 1997)

Andrews and Drury, Topographical Map of the County of Gloucestershire, 1810

Andrews and Drury, Topographical Map of the County of Wiltshire, 1810

Survey of Home Farm, Shipton Moyne, around 1815 (D1571/E340), (Gloucestershire Record Office)

C Greenwood, A Map of the County of Gloucestershire, 1823

C Greenwood, A Map of the County of Wiltshire, 1823

Tithe map for Shipton Moyne parish, 1838 (Gloucestershire Record Office)

Tithe map for Long Newnton parish, 1838 (Wiltshire RO)

W A Nesfield, Sketch Plan of Proposed Treatment of the Lake at Estcourt, 1850 (reproduced in Elizabeth Banks Assocs 1997)

E Little, Plan of an Estate in the Parish of Shipton Moyne in the County of Gloucester The Property of the Rt Hon THS Estcourt, 1865 (reproduced in Elizabeth Banks Assocs 1997)

OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed 1881-3, published 1884; 2nd edition surveyed 1898; 3rd edition published 1903

OS 25" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed 1881-3, published 1884; 2nd edition surveyed 1898

Archival items

Estcourt family papers (Gloucestershire Record Office)

Description written: August 1999

Amended: October 1999

Edited: April 2003