Site of Chackmore Fountain, Buckingham Avenue, Stowe Landscape Gardens, Stowe

Record ID:  150347*0 / MNA130010
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  Stowe; London and South East
Civil Parish:  Radclive-cum-Chackmore; Aylesbury Vale; Buckinghamshire
Grid Reference:  SP 6830 3590
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Summary

A small classical style brick and stone structure somewhat like a sentry box. The site of this was not found although some remains are said to exist.

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Monument Types

  • ORNAMENTAL FOUNTAIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Description

Halfway down the Grand Avenue, slightly to the north of the turning to Chackmore, stood the Chackmore Fountain, a tall brick kiosk incorporating a Gibbsian door surround and other early eighteenth-century stonework. A confection of the 1st Duke, it was erected c.1831 to mark the source of a spring which flows under the road. It later fell into disrepair and had to be dismantled in the late 1950s.

References

  • SNA64138 - Report: A Wainwright. 1989. National Trust Archaeological survey, Stowe, Thames and Chilterns region.

  • SNA66301 - Photograph - black and white: Photograph of the Chackmore Fountain.

  • SZM57353 - Monograph: 1997. Stowe Landscape Gardens Guidebook.

  • SZM6415 - Report: Angus Wainwright. 1989. The National Trust Archaeological Survey of Stowe, Buckinghamshire (Unpublished).

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

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Associated Events

  • ENA2565 - Field Survey, Archaeological Survey of Stowe Park, Stowe Landscape Gardens
  • ENA2641 - Field Survey, Stowe Guide Book, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Associated Finds

None Recorded

Related Records

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