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Monument Number 1513297
Hob Uid: 1513297
Location : Essex Uttlesford Saffron Walden
Grid Ref : TL5242038140
Summary : An 18th century carriage turning circle was located immediately west of the surviving Audley End House (Monument Number 541502), within Audley Park (Monument Number 373668) on the site of the 17th century Principal Court (Monument Number 1583838). The carriageway measured circa 8m wide and formed a circle measuring circa 50m in diameter. It is first shown on Charles Bridgeman's map of 1725 but last shown on Hog Kitch's map of circa 1760 and was probably removed in the early 1760s during landscaping of the park. Parts of the circular drive are visible as parchmarks in aerial photographs taken in 1975 and 2010 and as high resistance anomalies in geophysical surveys conducted in 1994, 2009 and 2010.
More information : An 18th century carriage turning circle was located immediately west of the surviving Audley End House (Monument Number 541502), within Audley Park (Monument Number 373668) on the site of the 17th century Principal Court (Monument Number 1583838). The drive measured circa 8m wide, was centred at TL 5242 3814 and formed a circle measuring circa 50m in diameter. It is first shown on Charles Bridgeman’s map of 1725 but last shown on Hog Kitch’s map of circa 1760 and was probably removed in the early 1760s during landscaping of the park. Parts of the circular drive are visible as parchmarks in aerial photographs taken in 1975 and 2010 and as high resistance anomalies in geophysical surveys conducted in 1994, 2009 and 2010. (1-5)

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Source details : CUCAP BVW090 13-AUG-1975
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Source details : NMR 26827_034 09-JUL-2010
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Source details : Bodleian Library, Oxford: Audley End gardens and park by Charles Bridgeman [Gough Drawings a. 4 folio 67r]
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Source details : Ground Plan of Audley End House by Hog Kitch, Gardener, c.1760 [Photographic copy held by English Heritage Archives: negative numbers A891592, Y10488/2]
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Linford, N & Payne, A 2011 'Audley End House and Park, Saffron Walden, Essex: Report on Geophysical Surveys, 2009-2010'
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Essex)
External Cross Reference Number : 407
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Essex)
External Cross Reference Number : MEX1780
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TL 53 NW 307
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2009-10-01
End Date : 2010-04-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1513297