The Oak tree in the Nursery c1860 Copyright National Trust
The original drive to the 1793 Georgian house and the Victorian rebuild 1895 Copyright National Trust
The south front of the house in 1900 showing the park coming up to the very walls of the house with just an iron fence at the boundary Copyright National Trust …
The south front of the house in 1905 showing the park coming up to the very walls of the house with just an iron fence at the boundary. AT about this time the…
Around 1900 the area to the north of the house was dug out and the soil was used to form Henry Dutton's croquet lawn which protruded into the main lawn. To the…
By the first world war Ralph Duttons mother had begun to make changes around the house. Here can be seen the balustrade that contained the relevelled main lawn.
By the late twenties/early thirties Ralph Dutton begins to influence the garden. Here we see the steps from the Rose garden and the newly planted Irish Yews and…
Ralph Dutton took over the financila responsibilty for the garden in 1931 annd here we see the original planting of the Irish yews in the long walk with the…
In 1933 Ralph Dutton persuaded his father to alow him to cut back the croquet lawn in line with the terrace at the front of the house. Here we see work in…
The finished project after the removal of that part of the croquet lawn that projected into the mainlawn. At the same time the steps to the Rose Garden (Yew…
