Enville, Stourbridge, England

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

A landscape park of around 1750 designed with the assistance of William Shenstone and remains of extensive gardens of mid-19th century, associated with a country house.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Enville Hall and its park lies to the south of the village of Enville, close to the county boundary with Shropshire. The village lies on the A458 from Bridgnorth to Stourbridge, the latter about 8km to the south-east. Roads from Enville bound the park to the north and to the east, and minor local roads also run around its west and south parts. The area here registered comprises roughly 300 hectares.

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

S Shaw, History and Antiquities of Staffordshire II i, (1798-1801, reprinted 1976), pp 270-3

W M Marshall, On Planting & Rural Ornament (1803), pp 327-35

J C Loudon, Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1830 edn), p 1076

The Cottage Gardener, (5 January 1854), pp 263-4

The Florist, (November 1855), pp 325-9

J Horticulture and Cottage Gardener, (1 November 1864), pp 353-6; (8 November 1864), pp 372-6; (15 November 1864), pp 393-6

Country Life, 9 (16 March 1901), pp 336-42

The Victoria History of the County of Staffordshire 20, (1984), pp 91-103

Archival items

Estate papers at Enville Hall (under arrangement 1997) (private collection)

Later 19th-century album of photographs at Enville Hall (private collection)  

Description written: 1997

Edited: September 1999