Monument record 327/3/1 - Avenue to Formal Gardens at Cholmondeley Hall

A pair of sandstone gatepiers, probably late seventeenth century, stand on the line of the approach to the formal garden (see 327/3/1) (1). They may mark the teminus of a long tree lined avenue which approached the house from the south, depicted on Burdett's 1777 Map of Cheshire, in the area of Marl Piece and Moss Wood (2). The flanking ditches to the avenue are clearly visible as earthworks on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s (3). And as cropmarks on aerial photographs dating from the 1970s (4). A small number of trees, which may have been part of the avenue, survive within the park (5).

<1> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Turner R C (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

<2> Burdett, P. P., 1777, A Survey of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH113.

<3> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

<3> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

<4> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

<5> The GeoInformation Group, 1999-2001, Millennium Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH4609.