Houghton Hall 1) Please COPY the ENTIRE FORM below and paste it into an email to start 2) UPDATE your information carefully. We check it, but might not notice any errors, etc. 3) Prefix the SECTION HEADERS with: *** - Example: ***Opening Days: (new info) 4) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED back to us ASAP: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Houghton Hall Last Modified (we set this): 23-01-2013 Garden ID (we set this): 0408 pic (we set this): 0408_HoughtonHall.jpg NOTE: If "missing", then please send us a picture for which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Garden Owner: The Marquess of Cholmondeley Address: King's Lynn Postcode: PE31 6UE County: Norfolk Country: tel: 01485 528569 fax: 01485 528167 website: www.houghtonhall.com public email: info //at// houghtonhall.com admin / private email: (add here for GG-only usage) group master website: English Heritage Grade (I, II, II*): Opening Days & Times: Open 17th May- 29th SeptemberWednesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays11.00am-5.00 p.m. Parties / Coaches (Yes/No): Yes Parties / Coaches Comments: Viewing by Appointment (Yes/No): Yes Viewing by Appointment Comments: House Open for Viewing (Yes/No): Yes House Open Comments/Dates/Times: 11.00am - 5.00 p.m National/Scotland Garden Scheme days (Yes/No): No NGS/SGS Comments (PLEASE include DATES and Times): Best Times of Year to Visit: June & July. ...To see (pair by line with Best times to visit): Roses and Herbaceous Borders. Admission Prices: Adults £8 Child (5-16) £3.00 Family £22 (excluding house)Adults £18 child (5-16) £10 Family (2+2) £46 (including Old Master exhibition) 12 (Yes/No only) items follow here- Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: Yes Other Facilities or Comments on (Yes/No) items above: See own website for special events Special Features, Events/Dates and other comments: 400 feet long herbaceous bordersKitchen garden with trained fruit treesRose garden containing 150 varietiesGlasshouse range. National Collection: Garden Designer: Description of Garden: Houghton Hall, one of the gems of English country houses, was built between 1721 and 1735 by Sir Robert Walpole, Britains' first Prime Minister. The splendid award winning 5-acre walled garden is divided by flowing yew hedges into 'rooms' each with an individual theme. Herbaceous borders run the length of the garden from the glass house on the south facing wall to a Rustic Temple, designed by Julian and Isabel Bannerman, on the north facing wall. The rose parterre with it sunken pool is base on the ceiling design in the White Drawing Room in the Hall. The kitchen garden, dominated by a huge fruit cage designed by the Bannermans', consists of areas of vegetables and soft fruits divided by trained tree fruits. Other areas include pleached limes, cherry walk, wisteria pergola, croquet lawn and areas planted with plum trees and spring and summer bulbs. The garden is interspersed with statues and fountains, the most recent installation being 'Waterflame' designed by Jeppe Hein. Other contemporary sculptures by artists of world renown are located throughout the gardens. Garden History: Original layout by Mrs Pamela Lane-Smith Herbaceous borders and rose garden - Paul Underwood - Previous head gardener.Kitchen garden - Simon Martin - present head gardenerAster Border, Paeony Border and several garden features - Julian and Isabel BannermanLaburnum garden and Memorial garden - the Marquess of Cholmondeley. Local Inns (name, town): Accommodation (name, town): Restaurants (name, town): Village/Town/Sightseeing: