Helmingham Hall and gardens [18]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 10 Sep 2020

One of the recently planted garden enclosures to the north east of the hall. Helmingham Hall, some 12 miles north of Ipswich, is a moated manor house built in 1510 on the site of Creke Hall, an earlier house. There has been major remodelling circa 1750, circa 1800 and circa 1841. The north, south and east ranges retain substantial parts of the original timber-framed house although the exterior was mostly encased or rebuilt in red brick in the 18th and 19th centuries. The house is surrounded by a moat 60 feet wide, over which are two working drawbridges. The house is listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1033070 Helmingham Hall is best known for its fine semi-formal mixed garden with extensive borders, a rose garden, a knot garden, a parterre and an orchard. There is a 400-acre park with herds of deer. The gardens are on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, grade I, with much history and detail at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000270

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