Summary
A small circular brick chamber measuring 1.3 by 2.5 metres covered with an iron coping serving as a collecting cistern for spring water. Probably 19th century. A small building described as a pump house is marked here on the 1921 Ordnance Survey map.
Site:150282*0
Identification Images (0)
Monument Types
- WELL HEAD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Description
(1) A small brick chamber, this is probably the partially back filled remains of the well head. The material used and the siting of the building on the edge of the Grecian Valley suggest a late 19th or early 20th century date.
References
- SNA64138 - Report: A Wainwright. 1989. National Trust Archaeological survey, Stowe, Thames and Chilterns region.
- SZM13615 - Slide: Gary Marshall. 01/01/1993. Grecian Valley Well. 1M/20CMS. TSLG012.
- SZM29113 - Slide: Gary Marshall. 01/01/1993. Grecian Valley Well. 1M/20CMS. TSLG011.
- SZM38910 - Slide: Gary Marshall. 01/01/1993. Grecian Well. 1M/20CMS. TSLG013.
- SZM40729 - Slide: Gary Marshall. 01/01/1993. Grecian Valley well. 1M/20CM. TSLG010.
- SZM6415 - Report: Angus Wainwright. 1989. The National Trust Archaeological Survey of Stowe, Buckinghamshire (Unpublished).
Designations
None Recorded
Other Statuses and References
None Recorded
Associated Events
- ENA2565 - Field Survey, Archaeological Survey of Stowe Park, Stowe Landscape Gardens
Associated Finds
None Recorded
Related Records
- Related to: Grecian Valley, Stowe Landscape Gardens, Stowe (Monument) - 155232 / MNA131222