DiCamillo Companion
England

Crowsley Park

  • House & Family History: Crowsley, a house with a garden facade of 13 bays and an entrance facade of 10 bays, was built circa 1720 and enlarged and Gothicized circa 1800. The enlargements included the battlemented porch and corner turrets. The main staircase has twisted balusters and carved treads. During the 19th century the house was owned by the Baskerville family. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle supposedly wrote his story "The Hound of the Baskervilles" during a visit to Crowsley and was, as the story goes, inspired by the forbidding gates at Crowsley Park that still display menacing dogs' heads biting spears. Today the grounds of the estate are home to the government radar tracking station.

  • Garden & Outbuildings: There is an 18th century flint grotto with interior walls partially lined with shells extant in the Park.

  • Title: Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, The
    Author: Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus
    Year Published: 1974
    Publisher: London: Penguin Books
    ISBN: 0140710450
    Book Type: Hardback

  • House Listed: Demolished

    Park Listed: Destroyed

  • Past Seat / Home of: Bakserville family, 19th century.

    Current Ownership Type: Demolished

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished

  • House Open to Public: No

    Historic Houses Member: No