NHER 26396 (Designed Landscape record) - Plantation Garden

Rare example of an unaltered 19th century villa garden.
Set out by Henry Trevor 1856-1897. Contained fountain restored in 1991.
Under restoration.
English Heritage Historic garden grade II. Originally a chalk quarry.
Trevor's house is at northwest corner and formerly had bridge to east bank.
This overlooked a conservatory or palm house; both now gone.
Terraces with cascades and steps down to lawns with formerly alternate rectangular and circular beds. Flint retaining walls and much terracotta. Boardman may be the designer and was certainly involved after 1871.
Information from English Heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens (S1).
N.B. no plan provided by Historic Buildings and Monuments Commision but borders seem obvious.
E. Rose (NLA) 11 March 1994.

During 1987 (?) tunnelling of a new sewer beneath the gardens revealed the base of a lime kiln at a much greater depth than was thought to be the original depth of the pit. Information from (S2) in 1987, found in Norwich records 1994.
E. Rose (NLA) 21 June 1994.

Gardens contain an amount of medieval stonework including tracery believed to have come from St Giles' Church at the unblocking of the chancel arch in 1867. Some of this has found its way into adjacent gardens of Heigham Grove. See reference (S3).
E. Rose (NLA) 3 April 1995.

Press cuttings (S2) and (S4) to (S6) in file.
T. Sunley (NLA) 30 October 2007.