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Brief description of site

Ditchingham Hall is set in an 18th-century landscape park designed by 'Capability' Brown which includes a lake and woodland covering 48 hectares.

Brief history of site

Ditchingham Hall was built around 1710, to replace an old house with an enclosed garden on the same site. The new hall was given an extensive formal landscape of walled gardens and approach avenues. By 1778 it had become a fine open landscape park with an extensive serpentine lake. The hall was enlarged in 1910, then reduced in the 1980s.

Location information:

Address: Ditchingham, Lowestoft, Norfolk, NR35 2JX

Locality: Lowestoft

Local Authorities:

Norfolk; South Norfolk; Ditchingham

Historical County: Norfolk

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number: 134 Grid Ref: TM320927
Latitude: 52.48286 Longitude: 1.415305

Key information:

Form of site: landscape park

Purpose of site: Ornamental

Context or principal building: house

Site first created: Before 1710

Main period of development: Mid 18th century

Survival: Extant

Site Size (Hectares): 48

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