NHER 30478 (Designed Landscape record) - Old Rectory Garden

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Summary

An early 19th century garden designed by Humphry Repton, and consisting of woodland, shrubberies, lawns and terraces, one of which looks over a moat (NHER 16744?).

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Map sheet	TG01NE
Civil Parish	LYNG, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Historic Garden Grade II.
A private garden designed by Humphrey Repton, pre-1806, and illustrated in Repton's Polite Repository. Woodland and shrubbery are located to the north of the house, with lawn to the west. To the south of the house there is a small terrace with steps to the lawn and views to the south and east. On the southern edge of the lawn there is a terrace with steps, overlooking the moat (NHER 16744?). The gardens include scattered mature trees.
Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 11 March 1994.

This site is omitted from the 2002 revision of (S1).
The entry from the provisional register is in the secondary file.
E. Rose (NLA), 17 December 2003.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF51005 Designation: English Heritage. Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England..

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

GARDEN (18th Century to 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 20 2012 11:31AM