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Old Manor House, The Parks, Keyston

Introduction

Former features of Old Manor House include a moat, double garden terraces and perhaps a fishpond.

A wide ditch around the Manor House, which never held water, is stepped in order to maintain the appearance of a true moat. To the east is a long depression, possibly a pond, and in the south-west a bank or dam, may have been a fishpond or perhaps a lake in the Manor House garden. Double terraces to the north and north-west are likely to be the remains of a garden.
History

The site of a former Manor House lies in a field to the east of Keyston church. By 1589 the manor was held by Robert, Earl of Essex, who was forced to sell that year to pay his debts to the Crown. It was granted to Thomas Emerson in 1614 by James I and was occupied continuously until the 19th century when it was pulled down.

Period

Tudor (1485-1603)

Features & Designations

Features

  • Ditch
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  • Moat
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  • Manor House (featured building)
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Key Information

Type

Garden

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Manor House

Period

Tudor (1485-1603)

Survival

Lost

Civil Parish

Kimbolton

References

Contributors

  • Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust