page_title: Aldermaston Court
section_title: Park
hierarchical_section_title: Aldermaston Court / Architecture / Park
caption_attribution_description: English: Vintage pollard sweet chestnut then coppice stool in western Berkshire's Aldermaston court's derelict wood pasture, April 2017.
context_page_description: Aldermaston Court is a country house and private park built in the Victorian era for Daniel Higford Davall Burr with incorporations from a Stuart house. It is south-east of the village nucleus of Aldermaston in the English county of Berkshire. The predecessor manor house became a mansion from the wealth of its land and from assistance to Charles I during the English Civil War under ownership of the Forster baronets of Aldermaston after which the estate has alternated between the names Aldermaston Park and Aldermaston Manor.
  The estate became dominated by its neo-Elizabethan mansion after a fire of 1843 destroyed one third of the predecessor and various landscape features were added which have resulted in building and grounds being Grade II* listed. Between the turn of the 21st century and its closure in 2012, the estate has been a wedding venue, a conference centre, and a hotel. Aside from the manor house and its immediate surroundings, the park is home to office buildings and a lake.
context_section_description: Aldermaston Park is an ancient and derelict wood pasture, featuring numerous examples of pollard oak and sweet chestnut. In the mid-16th century, the park was 286 acres (116 ha), by 1721 it was 436 acres (176 ha) and by 1860 it was considered 780 acres (320 ha).
caption: Sweet chestnut coppice stool.
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