Post-medieval park and woodland at Blake Hall (EHER 7373)

An 18th-19th century landscape park and woodland with a walled garden dated 1790 (EHER 33185), late 18th century ha-ha (EHER 33186) and 18th century ice-house (EHER 33189). Registered Park and Garden.

18th-19th century park and woodland; walled garden 1790 (EHER 33185); late 18th century ha-ha (EHER 33186); 18th century ice-house (EHER 33189). <1> July 1987. Registered Park and Garden. Landscape park to Blake Hall covering an area of 56 hectares. 12th century: the manor of Blake Hall was held of the Honour of Boulogne by Pharamus of Boulogne but after the 14th century it passed through many hands. Around 1700: a survey of the grounds within the manor records the existence of a hall at that time but in the early years of the 18th century this house was demolished and rebuilt in brick (see EHER 4282) during the ownership of the Clarke family, who held the manor from 1709 to 1770 (Muilman 1770). 1777: The county map (Chapman and Andre) shows the new house with a double avenue approach off the road and an extensive walled garden. 1789: the estate was purchased by Capel Cure. 1804: Capel Cure had extended the house, rearranged the gardens, and laid out a small park (estate map, 1804), possibly under the direction of Humphry Repton (1752-1818) since an engraving of Blake Hall appears in the 1799 Polite Repository. <2> See also <3>.