Brief Description
Features of Burrough Green Hall include walled gardens, lawns, a pond and shrubbery.
History
Burrough Green Hall was created in the late-16th century as a private residence.
Detailed Description
Burrough Green Hall has a walled, sunken garden, lawns and a fruit garden. There is also a pond, shrubbery and a kitchen garden.- Features
- Garden Wall
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- Kitchen Garden
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- Lawn
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- Pond
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- Shrubbery
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- Manor House (featured building)
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- Authorities
Civil Parish
- Burrough Green
- History
Detailed History
Burrough Green Hall was built around 1575, but incorporated part of an earlier timber framed house. In 1665, the house was so large that it contained 26 hearths. In the 1750s the house was described as a ‘handsome manor house surrounded by a large number of pine trees'.Period
- Tudor (1485-1603)
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Contributors
Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust