Ickworth
Ickworth is a small parish in Suffolk, not a village any more but an area almost coextensive with the National Trust landscape estate, Ickworth Park, beside the village of Horringer. It is 2½ miles southwest of Bury St Edmunds.
Landmarks
Ickworth has three main clusters of the 12 listed structures in the Grade II* listed park and garden which are:[1]
| Name | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ickworth House | Grade I | National Trust[2] |
| Sir John Hervey's Summerhouse | Grade II[3] | |
| St Mary's Church | Grade II*[4] | |
| White House | Grade II[5] | |
| Mordaboys Cottages | Grade II | Thatched 17th century.[6] |
| Garden walling by summerhouse | Grade II[7] | |
| Coach House | Grade II[8] | |
| Garden wall by church | Grade II[9] | |
| Ha-ha | Grade II[10] | |
| Stable Block | Grade II[11] | |
| Balustrading by entrance | Grade II[12] |
The main park also has the only vineyard on National Trust land.
History
Ickworth is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 12 heads of household (9 of which villagers (villeins), 3 as smallholders) and four tied serfs (slaves), Ickworth rendered £3 and a small vill-tax to its overlords and was valued as being worth instead £4 a year.
Samuel Lewis's overview of 1848 reads:
...a parish, in the union and hundred of Thingoe, W. division of Suffolk, 2½ miles (S. W.) from Bury St. Edmund's; containing 62 inhabitants. This place is the property of the Marquess of Bristol, whose magnificent seat is within the parish. The mansion, consisting of a circular centre connected with wings by extensive corridors, was commenced in 1792, but the western wing is not yet completed; the park, which includes the parish, comprises about 2000 acres of rich land. The surface is varied, and the lower grounds are watered by a rivulet which expands into a broad lake, the whole forming one of the most splendid demesnes in the country. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 11. 5½., and in the gift of the Marquess: the tithes have been commuted for £192. 1. 6., and the glebe comprises 5 acres. The church, the tower of which has been rebuilt by the present marquess, who has also added a south aisle, has a chancel in the early English style, and some windows in the decorated and later styles.[13]
The bulk of the land formed Lord Bristol's main freehold estate which was sold for public benefit to the National Trust to pay the precursor to inheritance tax in 1956.
In 2005 the population of the parish was estimated at 30.
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References
- ↑ The Park and Garden: National Heritage List 1000186: Ickworth
- ↑ National Heritage List 1000186: Ickworth
- ↑ Sir John Hervey's Summerhouse National Heritage List 1187002: Ickworth
- ↑ St Mary's Church National Heritage List 1187001: Ickworth
- ↑ White House National Heritage List 1280824: Ickworth
- ↑ Thatched terraced cottages, early C17 with early C19 alterations with converted attics: National Heritage List 1280771: Ickworth
- ↑ Garden walling National Heritage List 1187003: Ickworth
- ↑ Coach House National Heritage List 1280759: Ickworth
- ↑ Garden wall 100 yards south of church National Heritage List 1280763: Ickworth
- ↑ Ha ha National Heritage List 1280794: Ickworth
- ↑ Stable Block National Heritage List 1187000: Ickworth
- ↑ Balustrading National Heritage List 1298914: Ickworth
- ↑ Ickworth - Samuel Lewis (editor) Institute of Historical Research A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1848}}