Sudbury Hall, Uttoxeter, England

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

Pleasure grounds and parkland of the mid- to late 18th century, with gardens laid out in about 1836/7 by William Sawrey Gilpin.

DESCRIPTION

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Sudbury Hall lies immediately west of the village of Sudbury in an area which is otherwise rural and agricultural. The site, of about 150 hectares, is on land which slopes gently down from the north and it is crossed, about 300 metres north of the Hall, by the A50 which was constructed in the late 20th century. The village main street (the A515) runs about 100 metres north-east of the Hall before turning to run northwards across the A50. The boundaries of the pleasure grounds are formed by the fenced edges of woodland called The Decoy north-west and west of the Hall, and the fenced edge of woodland bordering the lake to the south. A wall separates the south-east side of the site from the village. The park is bounded on the west side by the A515, excluding the fenced precincts of Sudbury Prison and Sudbury Park Farm. The remaining boundaries are formed by fences separating the site from agricultural land.

REFERENCES

Country Life, 77 (15 June 1935), pp 622-627; (22 June 1935), pp 650-656

Sudbury Hall, guidebook, (National Trust 1973).

N Pevsner and E Williamson, The Buildings of England: Derbyshire (2nd edn 1978), pp 330-335

J Anthony, The Gardens of Britain 6, (1979), pp 152-154

S Piebenga, William Sawrey Gilpin (1762-1826), (English Heritage Designer Theme Study 1993)

Maps

Estate map, 1794 (private collection)

OS 6" to 1 mile: 2nd edition surveyed 1880-1881, published 1890

Description written: August 1998

Amended: March 1999

Edited: November 1999