Reference
PY/E10/33
Title
Old Warden: Repair and restoration of the Swiss Garden, Shuttleworth Estate
Date free text
1976-1979
Production date
From: 1976 To: 1979
Scope and Content
Old Warden: Repair and restoration of the Swiss Garden, Shuttleworth Estate
Includes:
- final lease and Management Plan [1976];
- site layout plans comprising tree survey [1977], landscape scheme [1977], landscape rehabilitation scheme [1979];
- detailed specifications of repairs to The Kiosk, The Conservatory, The Gardeners Cottage, The Chapel, The Grotto (itemised final account and site meetings), The Thatched Shelter over the Tree Seat and The Swiss Cottage (specifications for leaded lights and a sketch plan);
- description of materials and thatching by Michael Lowe of Willington;
- details of Junior Robin Hood boiler of c.1911 manufactured by Foster and Pearson of Beeston [Notts] later the Beeston Foundry Company, together with a brief history of the firm;
- mention of cast/wrought iron greenhouse by Barwell and Haggar Foundry of Northampton;
- schedule of plants;
- correspondence re: Department of Environment (Ancient Monuments section) grants;
- correspondence re: BBC TV programme Nairn’s Journeys [1978];
- notes re: the connection between the Monoux and Ongley families;
- mentions of fallen trees including a Red Oak, small leafed syringa shrub, extraction of sandstone from Clophill Quarry, fencing, gates and The Island Bridge.
[L/01/P1(a) File II]
Level of description
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