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Rotherwas House is a site in Herefordshire comprising the earthwork remains of formal gardens associated with a post-medieval estate. The surviving earthworks preserve evidence of structured garden layouts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including terraced features and linear elements characteristic of early modern ornamental gardening. Rotherwas Chapel, also designated as an ancient monument within the same listing, represents an earlier phase of occupation and religious use on the site. Together, the earthworks and chapel constitute an important archaeological record of both medieval religious activity and subsequent developments in landscape design during the early modern period.
Site of Rotherwas House, earthwork remains of formal gardens, and Rotherwas Chapel is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014880. View the official record →
Rotherwas House is a site in Herefordshire comprising the earthwork remains of formal gardens associated with a post-medieval estate. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014880.
Site of Rotherwas House, earthwork remains of formal gardens, and Rotherwas Chapel 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 1014880.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of medieval village (1.7 km), Dinedor Camp (2.3 km), Standing cross in St Cuthbert's churchyard (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Site of Rotherwas House, earthwork remains of formal gardens, and Rotherwas Chapel's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Site of Rotherwas House, earthwork remains of formal gardens, and Rotherwas Chapel stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.