Tatton Park, Stockport, England

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

18th century and later gardens and an extensive landscape park associated with a country house; designers who worked here included Humphry Repton, John Webb, Lewis Wyatt and Joseph Paxton.

DESCRIPTION

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Tatton Hall lies 3 kilometres north of Knutsford, and the westernmost point of the park touches on the A50 from Knutsford to Altrincham and Manchester. To the south of this a section of the west park boundary, which here is walled, follows Mereheath Lane, which runs parallel with the A50. The long north-western boundary of the park follows Ashley Road, the minor road from the A50 to Ashley. For the most part the east boundary of the park follows a line just east of the Birkin Brook. The area here registered is about 1000 hectares.

REFERENCES

G Ormerod, The History of Cheshire i, (1816-1819), pp 344-348

Country Life, 19 (24 March 1906), pp 414-421; 136 (16 July 1964), pp 162-165; (30 July 1964), pp 292-296; 159 (8 April 1976), pp 884-886

Tatton Park, guidebook, (National Trust 1978)

Tatton Park, (Manpower Services Commission nd (1980s))

L Cantor, The Medieval Parks of England: A Gazetteer (1983), p 17

P de Figueiredo and J Treuherz, Cheshire Country Houses (1988), pp 166-171

Tatton Park: The Gardens, guidebook, (National Trust 1988)

N Higham and P Aylett, A Short History of Tatton, (typescript nd, c 1990) (copy held by NT at Tatton)

Wartime Tatton 1939-1945: Full Story and Trail Guide, (nd, c 1990)

G Jackson-Stops, An English Arcadia 1600-1900 (1992), pp 118-120

The Restoration of Tatton Hall Walled Garden, (Thoday Associates 1994)

Restoration Plan for Walled Garden (Submission to HLF 1999)

Maps

OS 6" to 1 mile: Cheshire sheet 18, 1st edition published 1882

    Cheshire sheet 27, 1st edition published 1882

OS 25" to 1 mile: Cheshire sheet 27.5, 2nd edition published 1898

Archival items

The National Trust holds copies of various documents at Tatton, including:

William Emes, A Plan of Intended Improvements at Tatton Park ...1768

J Earl, A Map of Tatton Hall ...1787

An important collection of survey drawings held at Tatton are currently (1999) being catalogued by Tim Knox. (Information from J R Gibbs, National Trust)

Description written: September 1997

Edited: April 1999