The 12 acres of gardens at Easton date back to 1592 when Sir Henry Cholmeley bought the Manor. The Manor itself, standing on a site overlooking the River Witham, remained unchanged until 1805 when Sir Montague Cholmeley altered and enlarged it. His successor then replaced much of of it with a Victorian building, including two new facades and wings and added an enormous glass orangery and conservatory on its South and West sides. Lawns to the South were full of statues, fountains and bedding schemes. Ha-ha's gave uninterrupted views of the parkland with fine trees and impressive views. You reached the parterre from the great terraces which dropped down to the river. Fine yew hedges through the gardens ended in an ornamental gate which led to a double row of ancient lime trees.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, later President of the USA, spent his honeymoon here in 1905 and described the place as a Dream of Nirvana...almost too good to be true. Easton Hall was requisitioned at the start of World War II and suffered considerable damage. It was never used as a family house again and in 1952 was abandoned and pulled down.

Although overgrown with an impenetrable mass of sycamores, brambles and nettles, which had been untouched for 50 years, the lawns and terraces had held their shape and were waiting to be re-discovered. Work started in 2002 and is proceeding apace.