Introduction
Moraston House is an early 19th-century house with a contemporary garden of lawns, trees and a kitchen garden, with a ha-ha overlooking a small park.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Directions
Two miles north-west of Ross on Wye via the A49 and a minor road.
- History
Moraston House was built by John Tristram for Whaley Armitage in 1811-15, with the requirement that the work be carried out to the satisfaction of John Matthews of Belmont, Hereford, patron of Humphry Repton and writer on the Picturesque.
The property was acquired in 1873 by George Heywood Hadfield, whose grandson, the garden historian Miles Hadfield, described the gardens in an article in Country Life, 6th April 1967.
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Features
- Kitchen Garden
- Tree Belt
- Ha-ha
- Key Information
Type
Garden
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
Civil Parish
Bridstow
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