Introduction
The estate at Oaklands Park is home to a Camphill Community. It comprises a 55 hectare farm, a productive walled vegetable garden, orchards and woodlands all worked by community members. There are terraced gardens around the house dating from the 18th century.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01594 516551Owners
Camphill Village Trust
The Old School House, Old Malton, YO17 7HDOther Websites
- History
The original house was built before 1818 for Sir James Jelf a former Gloucester banker. Early in the 1840s he sold the house plus 100 acres (about 40 hectares) to Henry Crawshay. A few years after purchasing the estate Henry Crawshay built a large neo-classical villa (the present house) incorporating the original house. A winter garden and stable block were probably built during Crawshay's period of ownership. Crawshay’s widow sold to William Gwynne-Evans of Fordham (Essex) in 1899 and the property remained in this family until 1976 when it was sold to the present owners.
Period
18th Century
- Features & Designations
Features
- Garden Terrace
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- Kitchen Garden
- Description: Walled kitchen garden run on biodynamic principles.
- Pond
- Stable Block
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- Gate Lodge
- Description: There are two lodges, one dating from before 1818 and one from the 19th century.
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- Gate Lodge
- Description: There are two lodges, one dating from before 1818 and one from the 19th century.
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- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Agriculture And Subsistence
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
18th Century
Survival
Extant
Hectares
61
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Awre
- References
References
- Verey, D., {The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2, The Vale and the Forest of Dean} (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970), pp. 111, 113, 160 The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and the Forest of Dean
- Kingsley. N., and M. Hill, {The Country Houses of Gloucestershire, Volume 3, 1830-2000} (Cirencester: Phillimore, 2000), pp. 198-9 The Country Houses of Gloucestershire, Vol. III 1830-2000
- Herbert, N.M. {Victoria County History: Gloucester, Volume 5} ([n.p.]: Oxford University Press, 1966), pp. 31-2 Victoria County History: Gloucester, Volume 5
Contributors
Gloucestershire Gardens & Landscape Trust