Dodington Park

Dodington Park
Dodington House
LocationDodington, Gloucestershire, England
Coordinates51°31′01.5″N 02°21′29″W / 51.517083°N 2.35806°W / 51.517083; -2.35806
Dodington Park is located in Gloucestershire
Dodington Park
Location in Gloucestershire

Dodington Park is a country house and estate in Dodington, South Gloucestershire, England. The house was built by James Wyatt for Christopher Bethell Codrington (of the Codrington baronets). The family had made their fortune from sugar plantations in the Caribbean and were significant owners of slaves. It remained in the Codrington family until 1980; it is now owned by the British businessman James Dyson.

The estate comprises some 300 acres (120 ha) of landscaped park with woods, lakes, lodges, a dower house, an orangery, a church, and a walled kitchen garden. Formal gardens adjoin the main house. The house is Grade I listed on the National Heritage List for England and the landscaped park is Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[1][2] The dower house, orangery, and St Mary's Church which all adjoin the house are also each individually Grade I listed, as is the Bath lodge at the southern part of the estate.[3][4][5][6]

The wall, railings and gate piers near the Bath lodge are listed Grade II.[7] Chippenham Lodge and its terrace walls and the northern gateway to Dodington Park are listed Grade II*.[8] The gates and walls surrounding the kitchen garden toward the north of the park are listed Grade II, as is the Garden Cottage.[9][10]

  1. ^ Historic England, "Dodington House (1000566)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 October 2017
  2. ^ Historic England, "Dodington House (1211169)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 October 2017
  3. ^ Historic England, "Orangery attached to North West of Dodington House (1211172)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 October 2017
  4. ^ Historic England, "Dower House (1290138)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 October 2017
  5. ^ Historic England, "Church of St Mary (1211173)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 October 2017
  6. ^ Historic England, "Bath Lodge (1214012)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 October 2017
  7. ^ Historic England, "Wall, railings and gate piers about 10 meters West of Bath Lodge (1288729)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 October 2017
  8. ^ Historic England, "North gateway to Dodington Park, sites, quadrant walls and Chippenham Lodge and terrace walls (1135785)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 October 2017
  9. ^ Historic England, "Walls surrounding former kitchen garden and gates at North end of Dodington Park (1211469)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 October 2017
  10. ^ Historic England, "Garden Cottage (1290031)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 October 2017