Gardener's Cottages Beckett Estate

We thank the memories of the late Len Knapp, who was interviewed by Shrivenham Heritage Society in 1992, now published and available on the online catalogue as No N1239. 

Len remembers that: 'On the Longcot road there were stone piers and wrought iron gates for carriages and a single gate for pedestrians. On the right behind a wall was a stone cottage which was once occupied by the Estate Steward. There used to be thatched cottages on the left standing in Barnacles Park which were Gardeners Cottages.'

We don't have a photo the Estate Steward's house but we do have one of the Gardener's Cottages. This photo was unrecognised as to which cottages they were until recently. The first photo on this listing is of the Longcott road and the piers and gates to which Len refers. The second photo is the Gardener's Cottages. If you expand the photo and look through the gates, you can see the large wall that surrounds Shrivenham House on Horne's Corner that verify's the location.