Introduction
Now reduced in size from the original, it is a public park with a variety of habitats. Dagnam house was demolished in 1948 as was Cockerels house to the south, known as Dagnam Park Farm in the 19th century and standing outside a moated site, part of the moat surviving today. The public park preserves its 18th-century boundaries, together with some of the landscaped features, specimen trees and ponds; a curving track that crosses the park follows the line of the 18th-century drive. Hatters Wood, Havering's largest woodland, is now within the public park.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Access contact details
Opening is unrestricted.
Directions
On the north-east side of Havering
Owners
London Borough of Havering
- History
Dagnam Park developed around a moated Elizabethan manor house, to which were added formal gardens in the early-18th century, including a round pond in front of the house. In 1772 Sir Richard Neave purchased the estate and built a Georgian mansion. In 1812 he commissioned Humphry Repton to advise, and he wrote of his improvements to the water in his 'Fragments' (1816). The walled garden was converted into a rose garden in the late-19th century. In the 1940s London County Council built the Harold Hill Estate on part of the grounds and the house was demolished in the 1950s. The remaining parkland was designated a recreation area.
Period
- 18th Century
- Late 18th Century
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
Green Belt
Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Parks, Gardens And Urban Spaces
Period
18th Century
Survival
Part: ground/below ground level remains
Hectares
76
Open to the public
Yes
- References
References
- Repton, Humphry {Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening} Fragments on the theory and practice of Landscape Gardening