Brief Description
Features include avenues, a kitchen and flower garden and lawns.
History
Little Shelford Manor House was established in the mid-18th century.
Detailed Description
In 1745, Finch created a small park to the west, planted avenues on both sides of the house and created a formal garden. These gardens were swept away and what remains to the north and south of the house extend to the banks of the River Cam. The gardens are largely of 19th-century origin, and include kitchen and flower gardens with lawns and cedars.- Features
- Kitchen Garden
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- Lawn
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- Avenue
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- Manor House (featured building)
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- Authorities
Civil Parish
- Little Shelford
- History
Detailed History
A new house was built here soon after 1600 by Sir Tobias Palavicino, son of Horatio, of Babraham Hall, who added a moat or refurbished an existing one. In 1745 William Finch replaced this house by the present brick one.
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Contributors
Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust