Introduction
Adjoining Sibdon Castle there are castellated kitchen gardens, with a stone building of the early 18th century. While there are no indications of a park at Sibdon, there was an avenue of trees running from the west side of Sibdon pool, which was apparently created or enlarged in the mid-18th century.
- History
Period
18th Century
- Features & Designations
Features
- Manor House (featured building)
- Description: Sibdon Castle is seven bays wide, two storeys high, and with castellated accents on the sides and in the middle. It was first built in the early or mid-17th century, was altered in the 18th century, and was gothicized around 1800.
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- Avenue
- Description: A tree-lined avenue ran from the west side of Sibdon Pool to the castle.
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- Pool
- Description: Sibdon Pool was created to the north-east of the castle.
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- Key Information
Type
Landscape Garden
Principal Building
Manor House
Period
18th Century
Survival
Part: standing remains
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Sibdon Carwood
- References
References
- {Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch}, Shropshire, LXX.NE, (Southampton: Ordnance Survey, 1890)
- Newman, J. and Pevsner, N. {The Buildings of England: Shropshire}, (London: Yale University Press, 2006)
- Stamper, P. {Historic Parks and Gardens of Shropshire}, (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Books, 1996): 31.
- {Country Life, Vol. 141}, (1967): 1448-1450.