Introduction
Beaudesert Park has the remains of a former landscape park. The house survives in a ruinous form and the site is now used as a Scout and Guide camp. Surviving features include traces of rockwork attributed to James Pulham. There are also some specimen trees but the site is heavily overgrown with seedling trees and rhododendrons.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Website
http://www.beaudesert.orgAccess contact details
Open for Scout and Guide camp holidays.
Owners
Stafford Scouts
Other Websites
- History
Period
18th Century
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Features
- Garden Wall
- Description: The remains of the kitchen garden walls.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Key Information
Type
Landscape Park
Purpose
Recreation Ground
Period
18th Century
Survival
Part: standing remains
Hectares
49.2
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Longdon
- References
References
- Repton, H. {Fragments on the theory and practice of Landscape Gardening} (1816) p. 40-48.
- Plot, R. {The Natural History of Staffordshire} (Oxford: The Theatre, 1685), p. 126.
- Morris, F.O. {A Series of Picturesque Views of the Seats of the Noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland vol 2} , p3.
- Nightingale, J. 1810. {Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Stafford}, p.785.
- Shaw, S. 1798 {History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, Vol I} (London), p222.
- NJL Consultants of Telford on behalf of Beaudesert Trust {Beaudesert Park Conservation Management Plan} (2007)