Merevale Park

Description of this historic site

Merevale Park, a park that was established during the Post Medieval period and was later landscaped. The site is situated south of Merevale Hall. Lovie recommended reviewing the Register entry

Notes about this historic site

1 A park is marked.
2 A park is marked by Dugdale and one is mentioned in the will of Robert, second Earl of Essex. Of late years the park has been restored by the present owner, Mr Dugdale, who bought the deer, now about 120 in number. The park occupies about 180 acres.
3 A stretch of pale was identified. The boundary probably followed Old Lane on the W and the parish boundary through Park Hill Spinney on the S.
4 Landscape park, c120 ha, surrounding 19th century mansion and gardens. Park mainly open from NE round to N and NW, with considerable woodland to SW, and S. Main park wall erected 1836. Merevale Lake 1/2 km to SE of Abbey, stretching N-S for 1km, and created in 1837 by W S Dugdale.
567Lovie reports large park with lake; part first established in C16th, restored mid-C19th; 2 pools to West; sunken garden with large yew trees appears to pre-date C19th garden; terraces by Nesfield.

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