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Capesthorne Hall

Introduction

Features of Capesthorne Hall include a landscape park, formal gardens, a kitchen garden and a lawn.

Capesthorne Hall is surrounded by a landscape park. The park includes formal gardens, which were originally a kitchen garden. There is a 19th-century geometric garden which is now a lawn, lakes and woodland. There is also an icehouse, chapel and an arboretum which has surviving 18th-century maple trees.

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History

Capesthorne Hall was created between 1719 and 1732. In 1861 a fire destroyed part of the building. Between 1939 and 1945, Capesthorne Hall house became a Red Cross Hospital.

Period

18th Century

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Features & Designations

Features

  • Icehouse
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  • Lawn
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  • Kitchen Garden
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  • Ornamental Lake
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  • Great House (featured building)
  • Description: Jacobean style with remodelling by Anthony Salvin in the 19th century.
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  • Chapel
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Key Information

Type

Park

Purpose

Ornamental

Period

18th Century

Survival

Extant

Open to the public

Yes

Civil Parish

Siddington