Introduction
Ibstone House has late 18th-century formal gardens, with an area of parkland to the east. The gardens have been modified since the original planting and the parkland is somewhat fragmented.
The house is a late C18 villa with c.1830-40 alterations and service wing to left. (Kelly's Directory 1847). The house was refurbished C20, with C20 extensions to rear at basement level.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Access contact details
Private House
- History
Ibstone House was the home of Dame Rebecca West (1892-1983) who lived there from the late 1930s to the late 1960s.
Period
- 18th Century
- Late 18th Century
- Features & Designations
Features
- Tree Clump
- Description: There is a collection of conifers in the gardens.
- Key Information
Type
Formal
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
18th Century
Survival
Extant
Civil Parish
Ibstone
- References
References
- 'Parishes: Ibstone', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 (1925), pp. 62-65 Victoria County History: Buckingham, Volume 3
- Smith, N, {Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review (Buckinghamshire Stage 1)} (Aylesbury: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service, 1998) Gardens Register Review (Buckinghamshire) (Stage 1)
Contributors
Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service