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Benham Park is a mansion (on the site of Benham Valence Manor) in the English ceremonial county of Berkshire and district of West Berkshire.
Benham Valence è una residenza su Benham Park, nella contea di Berkshire e nel distretto West Berkshire. Si trova a 2 miglia a ovest di Newbury, nella località Marsh Benham di Speen.
Nestled in the heart of picturesque Berkshire countryside, Benham Park is a classic example of English architectural grandeur and historical significance. Including an 18th century Grade II* listed mansion, the site boasts expansive gardens and parkland.
Grade II Park and Garden: Benham Park. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
- Location, Area, Boundaries, Landform and Setting
- Entrances and Approaches
- Principal Building
- Gardens and Pleasure Grounds
- Park
- Kitchen Garden
Benham Park lies 3km west of the centre of Newbury. The c 150ha site is bounded to the north by the A4 London to Bath road, marked by a brick wall, to the west by the lane south from the A4 to Marsh Benham, and on the other sides by agricultural land and woodland. The northern half of the park slopes down from the north boundary, with the house sit...
The main approach, from Newbury, enters the park 500m north-east of the house, forming a fork off the A4, the drive passing between two stone gate piers (late C18, listed grade II), each consisting of an arched opening flanked by rusticated columns which support a pediment. The piers support iron carriage gates, with further pedestrian gates set in...
Benham Park house (Henry Holland, assisted by Lancelot Brown, 1772-5, listed grade II*) stands towards the centre of the north park, sited at the bottom of a steep slope down from the north boundary, above an apron of informal lawn separated by the ha-ha from the parkland to the south, which slopes gently south to Brown's lake. The two-storey, rect...
The gardens and pleasure grounds lie to the west, south and north of the house. The formal gardens, including elements possibly designed by W A Nesfield in the 1870s (Brown 1983), extend north from the house, and are enclosed within the largely wooded pleasure grounds. These extend north from the formal gardens as ornamental woodland towards the no...
The park, in existence by the mid C18 (Rocque, 1761; estate map, 1775), and extended and developed by Lancelot Brown (1716-83) in the 1770s, encloses the pleasure grounds to the west, south and east, and is dominated by, and divided into north and south halves by Brown's lake, created by partially diverting the river. The lake, with its island lyin...
The walled kitchen gardens lie 500m south-west of the house, enclosed and divided into several sections by 3m high brick walls. The associated service buildings and bothies have been converted into domestic accommodation, and two new houses built (late C20) within the walls, with the consequent use of the ground for associated ornamental gardens. O...
Benham Park Marsh Benham, Berkshire. The manor of Benham-Valence, which derives its additional appellation from the family of Valence, Earls of Pembroke, after passing through various ownerships, was granted by Queen Elizabeth I to "her faithful servant,'' John Baptist Castillion.
Benham Park (Benham Place) (Benham Valence Manor) The current house was built on the site of Benham Valence Manor, an earlier manor house. Benham is a stone house, nine bays wide and three stories high, with a fine portico of four unfluted Ionic columns.
