The estate

From the gates to the park.

The estate in the order a visitor meets it: the approach, the gatehouse, the house, the terraces, the gardens and the parkland beyond.

01

The approach

The estate is entered through brick piers topped with carved stone beasts and a pair of iron gates. From there the drive runs between trees through open parkland before the house comes into view.

The private drive curving through parkland between young and mature treesThe main gates: brick piers topped with carved stone beasts, and iron gates opening onto the drive
02

The gatehouse and forecourt

A gravel forecourt leads between clipped yew to an arched gatehouse under a shaped gable. Beyond the arch is an enclosed courtyard of brick ranges, mullioned windows and tall chimneys.

The gravel courtyard with its brick archway and service rangeThe gravel forecourt leading between clipped yew hedges to the arched gatehouse
03

The house

Red brick with stone dressings, stepped and shaped gables, tall chimney stacks and domed turrets, with an older wing in flint and stone chequerwork. The earliest part of the house dates from 1539 to 1540.

The house is being restored. Interiors are shown by private viewing.

The garden front and the older flint and stone wing, seen across the terrace balustradeThe garden front of the house seen across the lawn and formal garden
04

The terraces

A broad gravel terrace runs the length of the garden front behind a pierced brick balustrade, and ends in a bastion that looks out over the park.

The formal garden and parkland seen over a carved stone finial on the balustradeThe gravel terrace walk and balustrade, with lawns and parkland beyond
05

The gardens

A sequence of garden rooms climbs the hillside: clipped yew and box, a walled garden, a fountain pool, and a brick and timber pergola walk. The formal design dates from about 1910.

Stone steps rising between urns and clipped box, flanked by a pierced brick balustradeThe brick and timber pergola walk, with climbing roses in flower
A circular fountain pool in a paved court enclosed by hedgesA stone path between two large clipped topiary domes, leading to the houseA hedged garden with roses in flower and the park beyond
06

The parkland

Pasture and mature trees fall away from the house to the valley of the River Ver. The park was laid out in the early nineteenth century.

The estate extends to 70 acres.

Aerial view of the tree-lined drive crossing the park towards the houseAerial view across open parkland and specimen trees, with the house in the distance
See it in person

The estate is best understood on foot.

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