Mells Park, Frome, England

This site is NOT open to public.

This site has the following component area(s):

Mells Park, formal gardens

Brief description of site

The site has an 18th and 19th-century park, incorporating a 17th-century deer park, with early 20th-century gardens by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll around a country house.

Brief history of site

The site was probably originally enclosed as a deer park in the early 17th century by Sir John Horner (died 1659). In 1724 Thomas Strangways Horner abandoned Mells Manor House and commissioned Nathaniel Ireson to build Park House, a new mansion in the park. His nephew, Thomas Horner embarked on a major programme of enlargement and improvement, creating the structure of the existing park after 1758.

Location information:

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number:	183	Grid Ref:	ST713487
Latitude:	51.23675	Longitude:	-2.412476

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