Elvaston Castle Country Park, Elvaston, Derbyshire, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

Formal gardens and pleasure grounds laid out 1830-1851 by William Barron for the fourth Earl of Harrington. The gardens were created using many mature trees which were transplanted by methods pioneered by Barron's mentor at the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens, William McNab, and developed by Barron.

DESCRIPTION

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Elvaston Castle is situated about 6 kilometres south-east of Derby city centre, immediately north and west of the village of Elvaston in an area of rural and suburban character. The site, which occupies about 80 hectares, is on level land within the flood plain of the River Derwent. The boundaries are fenced with the exception of Elvaston Avenue which runs across open fields.

REFERENCES

F O Morris, A Series of Picturesque Views 2, (1866-1880) [reproduced in GAA]

E A Brooke, The Gardens of England (1857), pls 15-17 [reproduced in GAA]

Gardeners' Chronicle, (23 December 1876), p 807; (30 December 1876), p 838

N Pevsner and E Williamson, The Buildings of England: Derbyshire (2nd edn 1978), pp 210-211

G and S Jellicoe et al, The Oxford Companion to Gardens (1986), p 161

B Elliott, Victorian Gardens (1986), pp 83-87

P Boniface (ed), In search of English Gardens: the Travels of John Claudius Loudon and his wife Jane (1987), pp 182-188

Elvaston Castle Pilot Restoration Plan, (Colston Stone Partnership 1992)

Elvaston Castle Historical Analysis and Restoration Proposals, (Glenn Anderson Associates (GAA) 1997)

Maps

G Grey, A Map of the Parish of Elvaston..., nd (prepared between 1760-1779) [in GAA 1997]

Plan of the Parish of Elvaston, 1852 [in Colston Stone 1992]

OS 25" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1881

OS 1" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1836

Archival items

Archival sources are listed in the GAA (1997) and Colston Stone Partnership (1992) studies.

Description written: September 1998

Amended: March 1999; May 1999

Edited: November 1999