Clandon, Guildford, England

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

Gardens and pleasure grounds within a landscaped park of around 1776-81, by Lancelot Brown
replacing the early 18th-century formal gardens. Gardens further developed in the late 19th century, with advice by a Mr Nesfield, and in the late 20th century.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Clandon House and its surrounding parkland of around 220 hectares, are located immediately west of West Clandon, in the county of Surrey. The park is bounded by Epsom Road (A25) to the south, the London to Guildford railway line to the north, the A247 and houses and gardens in the village of West Clandon to the east, Park Lane to the south-west, and Merrow Common to the north-west. The ground slopes generally down from the south-east and west towards the north-east. There are good views from the higher ground, especially the lawns to the east of the House, northwards over the park. The boundaries of the park are marked by a mixture of walls and fences.

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

W Keane, Beauties of Surrey (1849), pp 119-20

Gardeners' Chronicle, ii (1885), pp 711-12; ii (1910), pp 112-16, 123, 394

Gardener's Magazine, (1911), pp 341-2

Country Life, 62 (10 September 1927), pp 366-72; (24 September 1927), pp 434-40; 146 (4 December 1969), pp 1456-60; (11 December 1969), pp 1582-4

Country Life Annual (1968), p 87

N Pevsner et al, The Buildings of England: Surrey (1971), p 507

B Jones, Follies & Grottoes (1974), p 397

D Stroud, Capability Brown (1975), p 220

J Harris, The Artist and the Country House (1979), p 118

G S Thomas, The Gardens of the National Trust (1979), pp 115-16

Clandon: Park and Garden Survey, (National Trust 1990)

Maps

J Senex, Map of Surrey, 1729

Map of the parish of Clandon, around 1733 (reproduced in NT 1990)

J Rocque, Map of Surrey, surveyed around 1762, published 1768

J Willock, Estate map, 1776 (reproduced in NT 1990)

C and J Greenwood, Map of Surrey, 1823

OS Old Series 1" to 1 mile, published 1811

OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed 1870, published 1873

OS 25" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed 1870, published 1871; 2nd edition revised 1895, published 1896
 

Description written: March 2000

Edited: April 2003