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Garden Name: Euston Hall
Last Modified: 13/01/2011
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:
16th June - 15th September; Thursdays; 2.30pm - 5pm
Sundays; 7th August and 4th Sept; 2.30 - 5.00 pm.

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
July

To see: 
Roses

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: Please book in advance by e-mail or telephone

Viewing by Appointment: No
Comments: Please visit on advertised open days detailed above 

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: 

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: Yes
Lunches: No
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: No
Picnics: No
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: No

Other Facilities:
Guide Dogs only.


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: 
Six Bells Pub, Bardwell, IP31 1AW (Tel 01359 250820)
The Dun Cow, Bardwell IP31 1AA (Tel 01359 250806)
The Fox, Honington, IP31 1RD (Tel 01359 269522)
The Bull, Troston, IP31 1EW (Tel 01359 269843

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