Avebury Manor

There are five walled areas arranged round the house to the east, south and west. A wall separates the house and garden from the open land to the north. The layout is as in the 1695 plan. To the east of the house between it and the farm buildings there is a courtyard. This is grassed with shrubs on the outside. The is a straight path lined with a lavender hedge from the garden entrance to the house. The area has three large trees. The walled area in the south eastern corner between house and churchyard is labelled Shaw Barton in the original plan. It is now divided into two parts, the upper with a formal structure and the lower as a more open meadow.

The area between the south front of the house and the road is now a single space. The former flower beds in front of the house and the dividing hedge have been removed. It is grassed with trees and a rather nondescript shrubbery. In the south-west corner the former large formal orchard now has a terrace at its northern end. There is a curved wall at the north end of this area. This area is grassed with some planting round the walls. Immediately to the west of the house there is now a formal knot garden.

The walls and spaces retain the essential structure of the 17th-century garden. The planting does not.

Sir Richard Holford's letter to Farmer Skeate who cared for the garden is mainly concerned with the management of the trees and additional planting.