NHER 33478 (Designed Landscape record) - Holt Lodge and Country Park

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Summary

The Lodge and the country park are on the site of Red House Farm, a 17th century farm. In 1753 a race-course was created on the land around Red House Farm. By 1810 the race-course and the farm had been demolished, and a new house was built on the site. The grounds were extended when the parish was enclosed in 1810. By the mid 19th century there was a walled kitchen garden and orchard close to the Lodge with mixed plantations and a belt of woodland in the rest of the park. The grounds continued to develop throughout the 19th century, with the addition of summerhouses and shrubberies. Holt Lodge is still a private house, but the park is open to the public as Holt Country Park.

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Map sheet TG03NE
Civil Parish HOLT, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Former Red House Farm with race course laid out before 1753.
Abandoned by 1810 by which time Holt Lodge site constructed. Road diverted to west in 1812 to expand grounds and woodland belts. New farm built, kitchen garden added by 1839. Sold in 1854 when estate resembled a small park. Changes in layout and sunk fence on south made before next sale in 1888 when parkland, winding rides and fruit trees (but no glass houses) recorded. Estate heavily wooded in 1951. The house's immediate surroundings are still private and contain mature trees including monkey puzzle; boundary hedge to west with remarkable number of species. Haha along south boundary. Remainder is a Country Park densely planted with Scots and Corsican pine with some remnant oak.
See (S1) for details.
E. Rose (NLA) 27 February 1998.

(S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 24 January 2005.

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  • <S1> Unpublished Report: Taigel, A. 1997. Norfolk Gardens Trust: Town Gardens Survey - Volume One. Norfolk Gardens Trust.
  • <S2> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2005. Heart and soul. 14 January.

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Feb 28 2023 3:45PM

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