Introduction
The site has a Victorian house with a 0.8 hectare walled garden dating from around 1850. There are also Messenger greenhouses built in the 1880s. The house was home to the Paget family including Arthur Paget, the inventor of the land drainage system. The walled kitchen garden received a grant for restoration form the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2004.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Features
- Glasshouse
- Description: Two Messenger greenhouses, both lean-to.
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- Kitchen Garden
- Description: A kitchen garden on a south-facing sloping site, with one south-facing buttressed wall.
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- Orchard
- Description: The orchard contains both existing trees and newly-planted local varieties.
- Espalier
- Description: Some of the fruit trees are espaliered on the wall.
- Wall
- Description: Garden wall in poor condition.
- Walled Garden
- Greenhouse
- Key Information
Type
Garden
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Part: standing remains
Hectares
0.8
Open to the public
Yes
Electoral Ward
Loughborough Nanpantan
- References
Contributors
Gill Wilde