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The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory
Sudborough
Kettering

NN14 3BX

tel: 01832-733247
fax: 01832-733832

Area: Northampton
Show Map Location:
Overview Map (30 Km)
Detailed Map (1.5 Km)

Visitor Information

www.oldrectorygardens.co.uk

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The Old Rectory
Northampton
All details updated* as of: 18/01/2008

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids

Opening Days and Hours

Apr - End Sept; every Tues; 10am - 4pm

Parties / Coaches: Yes

Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes

House Open for Viewing: No

National Garden Scheme days: No

Best Times of Year to Visit:
April
May
June
Sept

To see:
Spring bulbs and hellebores
Tulips
Roses
Potager

Admission Prices

Adults £4; Children free

Onsite Facilities

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No

Teas: Yes
Light Refreshment: No
Picnics: No

Dogs Allowed: No
On Lead only: No
Special Events: No

Other Facilities:
Tea and biscuits £1.50 always available.

Garden Features

English Heritage Garden Grade:

National Collection:

Description of Garden

Designer: Rupert Golby

Set in open countryside on the edge of a pretty Northamptonshire village, The Old Rectory is a fine Georgian house surrounded by a two-acre Plantsman's Garden which was started in 1984. The Old Rectory Gardens comprise a blend of traditional style and contemporary design that changes form and colour with the seasons. The pond area features a mass of spring bulbs and unusual trees, but nearby an extensive collection of hellebores forms an early spring border and colour-schemed herbaceous, mixed shrub and rose borders contrast with a more formal trellis-backed rose garden. Year round, in courtyards and terraces, containers add texture and tone.

The renowned potager, designed in 1985 by Rosemary Verey and developed over the years, offers decorative as well as practical schemes in summer and autumn. The Ilex crenata-edged beds are filled with a variety of herbs, vegetables and fruit. Narrow brick paths add formality, while hazel arches and tripods create strong vertical lines which are covered by climbers in the summer.

The woodland park, which starts at Harper's Brook, is along part of a disused narrow gauge ironstone tramway. The owner, assisted by garden designer Rupert Golby, see the gardens as a continuous project and improvements are undertaken year by year. The gardens have been featured in many books and national publications, including Rosemary Verey's "Garden Plans" and David Hicks' "My Kind of Garden".

History of Garden

Nearby Northampton Hotels, Facilities & Amenities

Hotels & Accommodation:
Thatches on the Green, Weldon, Corby

Restaurants:

Inns & Pubs:
Snooty Fox, Lowick
Pheasant Inn, Keyston
Vane Arms, Sudborough

Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Oundle

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The garden information above was last updated on 18/01/2008

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