Abbey Fields public park, Kenilworth
St Nicholas Church
Image Courtesy of William Arnold
The Gatehouse
Image Courtesy of William Arnold
The Gatehouse vaulting
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The Gatehouse St Mary's Abbey
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The" barn" St Mary's Abbey, side
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The" barn" St Mary's Abbey, front
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Description of this historic site
Public Park with simple park features and swimming pool.Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
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Notes about this historic site
1 2 Abbey Fields, public park, Kenilworth.
Lovie reports that there is little designed landscape apart from lime avenues in adjoining churchyard and samll lake. Also a swimming pool at time of survey (1996/7).
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
Re the statement ‘Little designed landscape’:: The large flat area alongside Bridge Street to the swimming pool was excessively marshy and was raised and levelled using spoil from several locations in the early 20th century; the flat area alongside Forrest Road was levelled post WW2 for use as the agricultural showground; between the car park and tennis courts are two terraces made from spoil created by 20th century Abbey excavations.
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