Stradsett Hall, Downham Market, England

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

An early 19th-century park and pleasure ground laid out by J C Loudon between 1810 and 1813.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Stradsett Hall is located in west Norfolk, about 8 kilometres east of Downham Market on the north side of the A1122 Downham to Swaffham road. The roughly 100 hectare site is set in a flat agricultural landscape, in a rural part of the county made busy by the proximity of two main roads. The southern boundary is formed by the A1122, that to the west by the A134 King's Lynn to Thetford road, with agricultural land lying to the north and east. Gaps in the boundary plantations offer views into and out of the site.

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

J Phibbs, Stradsett Park, Norfolk: A survey of the landscape (1988) [copy on EH file]

M Greville, Stradsett: Creation of a picturesque landscape (MA dissertation, UEA 1989) [copy on EH file]

T Williamson, The archaeology of the landscape park, BAR British Series 268 (1998), pp 281-2

Maps

Estate map, 1791 (private collection)

Stradsett Park survey, 1816 (private collection)

Illustration

Series of paintings of the landscape by the Italian artist Algilio, 1811 (private collection)

Archival items

Journals of Alexander MacLeish, early 19th century (private collection)

Stradsett Papers (BLX (38)), (Norfolk Record Office)
 

Description written: December 1999

Edited: March 2001