Scheduled MonumentsEnglandCampden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks.

Campden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks.

England
List entry 1013875
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013875
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
16.52 hectares
Grid reference
SP 15588 39240
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Campden House is a scheduled ancient monument in Gloucestershire comprising the documented remains of a formal garden and associated medieval cultivation earthworks. The site preserves evidence of landscape management spanning from the medieval period through to post-medieval times, reflecting patterns of agricultural and ornamental land use typical of substantial estates in the Cotswold region. The surviving earthworks include ridge and furrow formations and garden features that demonstrate the systematic organisation of the estate's productive and aesthetic spaces. The monument's historical significance lies in its capacity to illustrate the development of landholding and land exploitation practices across several centuries.

Campden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013875. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Campden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks.?

Campden House is a scheduled ancient monument in Gloucestershire comprising the documented remains of a formal garden and associated medieval cultivation earthworks.

Who is responsible for protecting Campden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks.?

Campden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks. is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013875.

What other scheduled monuments are near Campden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks.?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Aston Magna (5.9 km), Bourton Clump long barrow (6.9 km), Tithe barn (7.1 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Campden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks.

Campden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks. stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.