When u think you know your local area & something like this pops up. It has been covered before but some years ago so dont quite know how Iv missed it for so long.
There is very little other pics on the net so here goes.
The first recorded owner of the main manor, in the Domesday survey, was Bondi; he was succeeded by Henry de Ferrers, who also owned the nearby manors of Earls Barton (his chief manor), Great Doddington, Wilby and Mears Ashby. Ownership descended through the Duchy of Lancaster to the Montgomery family who held it until 1574.
The estate was sold for only the second time since the doomsday records to Thomas Isted in 1712 & it was his son
Ambrose who would inherit the estate in 1731 & spend the next 50 nor so years making massive alterations, purchasing large parts of the village, flattening them & re routing roads to suit his needs.
It is believed to be Ambrose who built the gazebo.
new build apartments have been built behind the hall now segregating it from what was once a fantastic landscaped garden which is evident by the redwoods entwined in amongst more natural species.
The first thing you come across is what I think is a woodcutters cottage / mill although I cant find any info on this building.
There was a lot of roof tiles laying around here, & some matching pattern glass ones which I have never seen before!
Original garden gate is looking very bizarre in a overgrown small woodland.
The gazebo then looms into view
The table was seemingly carved from a solid piece of stone
Loved the curved door into the higher room
Thats all for now, thanks for looking!
There is very little other pics on the net so here goes.
The first recorded owner of the main manor, in the Domesday survey, was Bondi; he was succeeded by Henry de Ferrers, who also owned the nearby manors of Earls Barton (his chief manor), Great Doddington, Wilby and Mears Ashby. Ownership descended through the Duchy of Lancaster to the Montgomery family who held it until 1574.
The estate was sold for only the second time since the doomsday records to Thomas Isted in 1712 & it was his son
Ambrose who would inherit the estate in 1731 & spend the next 50 nor so years making massive alterations, purchasing large parts of the village, flattening them & re routing roads to suit his needs.
It is believed to be Ambrose who built the gazebo.
new build apartments have been built behind the hall now segregating it from what was once a fantastic landscaped garden which is evident by the redwoods entwined in amongst more natural species.
The first thing you come across is what I think is a woodcutters cottage / mill although I cant find any info on this building.
There was a lot of roof tiles laying around here, & some matching pattern glass ones which I have never seen before!
Original garden gate is looking very bizarre in a overgrown small woodland.
The gazebo then looms into view
The table was seemingly carved from a solid piece of stone
Loved the curved door into the higher room
Thats all for now, thanks for looking!
