Stoke Edith Park, Hereford, England

The house was rebuilt in 1695-8.

George London visited in 1692. Formal gardens were laid out around the house in the 1690s.

Humphry Repton made improvements to the grounds in the 1790s,  and produced a Red Book.

W. A. Nesfield laid out a formal garden around the house from 1854, including a parterre.

The house burnt down in 1927.

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

HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT

In 1670 Stoke Edith was purchased from the trustees of Sir Henry Lingen by Thomas Foley of Great Witley, the head of the greatest iron-founding family in the West Midlands, for his second son, Paul. During the time of Paul Foley (died 1699), who was elected MP in 1679, the estate was enlarged and the house rebuilt. The estate was inherited in 1737 by Thomas Lord Foley, who three years later rebuilt the church adjoining the house. Later it passed to the Hon Edward Foley, who in 1790 set about improving Stoke Edith, employing, and introducing for the first time, the landscape architect Humphry Repton (1752-1818) and the architect John Nash (1752-1835), who were later to work in partnership. The site remains (1997) in private hands.