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Beaudesert Park

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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

Access contact details

Open for Scout and Guide camp holidays.

Owners

Stafford Scouts

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)