Currie, C. K. (2003). Archaeological excavations at Upper Lodge, Bushy Park, London Borough of Richmond, 1997--99. Post-Medieval Archaeol 37 (1). Vol 37(1), pp. 90-125.

Title:

Archaeological excavations at Upper Lodge, Bushy Park, London Borough of Richmond, 1997--99

Issue:

Post-Medieval Archaeol 37 (1)

Series:

Post-Medieval Archaeology

Volume:

37 (1)

Page Start/End:

90 - 125

Biblio Note

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Publication Type:

Journal

Abstract:

Excavations revealed a complex history to the site of this former royal hunting lodge. A series of walled compartments, entered through what is described as an imposing gate, surrounded the earlier lodge. The original lodge was demolished in the late-seventeenth or early-eighteenth century. The demolition rubble contained the remains of a set of tin-glazed tiles of late-sixteenth to early-seventeenth-century date depicting hunting scenes. Between 1709--15, the Earl of Halifax laid out an elaborate water garden, and rebuilt the lodge on a new site. The water gardens were much disturbed by later activity, but the remains of two grottoes, either side of a cascade, were discovered. These remains revealed the highly contrived techniques used to create ornamental garden structures. The paper includes

Author:

Christopher K Currie

Other Person/Org:

Isabel H Holroyd (Abstract author)

Year of Publication:

2003

Subjects / Periods:

Tinglazed Tiles (Auto Detected Subject)

Gate (Auto Detected Subject)

Earlyeighteenth Century (Auto Detected Temporal)

Cascade (Auto Detected Subject)

Source:

BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))

Created Date:

16 Sep 2003