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Garden Name: Euston Hall
Last Modified: 10/02/2010
Garden ID: 0119

pic: 0119_eustonhall.jpg

Owner: The Duke and Duchess of Grafton
Address:
Thetford
Norfolk

Postcode: IP24 2QP
County: Norfolk

tel: 01842 766366
fax: 01842 766764
website: www.eustonhall.co.uk
email: lcampbell {at} euston-estate.co.uk

Features: 


English Heritage Grade:
II*

Opening Times:
17th June - 16th September; Thursdays; 2.30pm - 5pm
Sundays; 8th August and 5th Sept; 2.30 - 5.00 pm.

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
July

To see: 
Roses

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
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Parties / Coaches: Yes 
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Viewing by Appointment: Yes
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House Open for Viewing: Yes
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Admission Prices:
House and Garden. Adults £7; Over 60's £6 Child £3; Parties of 12+ £6pp
Garden Only £3

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: No
Lunches: No
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: No
Picnics: No
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: No

Other Facilities:
Plant Sale for St. John Ambulance: Sunday 23rd May from 10.30 am - 4.00 pm. Admission £5 per car. Euston Hall and Gardens are open that day from 2.00 - 4.00 pm (normal admission charges apply).
Archives Exhibition in Billiard Room - Fitzroy family archives.


Designer: William Kent
Description of Garden:
Ten acres of pleasure grounds with formal rose gardens and herbaceous borders close to the house. William Kent designed the domed temple positioned on a mound and the garden house in the formal garden. The original layout is discernible in the great avenue and in the rides through the yew trees in the pleasure grounds that have grown up since it was first designed.


History: 
The pleasure grounds were laid out by the diarist John Evelyn, who was a noted landscape gardener and an expert on trees. His designs for Euston included the walk through the pleasure grounds which can still be enjoyed today. The whole park and river layout was designed by William Kent and is considered one of his greatest works. The project was completed by Capability Brown.

Local Inns: 
Grafton Arms Pub, Barnham, Nr Thetford
Six Bells Pub, Bardwell, Nr Bury St Edmunds

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