Landscape record TQ 54 NW 210 - Hall Place, Leigh

Summary

Formal terraced garden and landscaped park to Hall Place. The gardens were enlarged and laid out in 1870-72 by George Devey for Samuel Hope Morley. Later garden features include designs by Lanning Roper dating to the 1970s. The park was established during the 18th century and planted between 1801 and 1898

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 5449 4702 (1374m by 1360m)
Map sheet TQ54NW
County KENT
Civil Parish LEIGH, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Type and Period (22)

Full Description

Kent County Council, 1996, The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium) (Unpublished document). SKE12972.

<1> OS 1:10000 1973 (OS Card Reference). SKE48158.

<2> English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest,Part 24 Kent(May 1987) (OS Card Reference). SKE41622.

<3> Country Life(15 Dec 1900) 776-781 (OS Card Reference). SKE39476.

<4> Country Life(14 Mar 1922) 80-87 (OS Card Reference). SKE39475.

<5> Wright T(1978)Gardens of Britain 4. 56-58 (OS Card Reference). SKE51409.

<6> DOE(HHR)Dist of Sevenoaks Kent(16 Jan 1975) 170,171. (OS Card Reference). SKE41345.

<7> Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS), 2005, Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org) (Website). SKE16061.

<8> English Heritage, 1998, Thematic survey of planned and model farmsteads (Unpublished document). SKE56165.

<9> Susanna Wade Martin, 2002, The English Model Farm: building the agricultural ideal, 1700-1914 (Bibliographic reference). SKE56166.

Sources/Archives (10)

  • ---XY Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 1996. The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium). [Mapped feature: #682 Park/garden, ]
  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1973.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest,Part 24 Kent(May 1987).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Country Life(15 Dec 1900) 776-781.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: Country Life(14 Mar 1922) 80-87.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Wright T(1978)Gardens of Britain 4. 56-58.
  • <6> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Dist of Sevenoaks Kent(16 Jan 1975) 170,171..
  • <7> Website: Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS). 2005. Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org).
  • <8> Unpublished document: English Heritage. 1998. Thematic survey of planned and model farmsteads.
  • <9> Bibliographic reference: Susanna Wade Martin. 2002. The English Model Farm: building the agricultural ideal, 1700-1914.

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Record last edited

Jun 13 2024 2:47PM