18th century landscape park at Saling Grove (EHER 8564)

Landscape park, gardens and pleasure grounds to Saling Grove, a country house constructed about 1754, covering an area of 15 hectares. The park and gardens were laid out by Humphry Repton in 1791. Creation of the park involved the diversion of the public road and the planting of many plantations. By 1838 the park had reduced to its current size. The pleasure grounds were planted in the mid 19th century.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Gardens at Saling Grove, a country house constructed about 1754. The gardens were designed by Humphry Repton in 1790 and his general layout subsequently remains intact. <1> Landscape park, garden and pleasure grounds to Saling Grove covering an area of 15 hectares. The park and gardens were laid out by Humphry Repton in 1791. Creation of the park involved the diversion of the public road and the planting of many plantations. By 1838 the park had reduced to its current size. The pleasure grounds were planted in the mid 19th century. <2> Late 18th century garden, designed by Repton (1790). Saling Grove was built about 1754, enlarged and extended in the 19th century. Walled kitchen garden of 1ha 100m to the east. Garden activity uncertain before 1790 when John Yeldham called in Humphrey Repton who produced a Red Book (1791). General layout of the gardens has subsequently remained intact - as shown in maps of 1797, 1838, 1897 and onwards. Repton created the pool 150m west of the house and suggested the belt of trees along the west and north-west boundary road. Meandering paths among mature trees west of the house are in conformity with Repton's style. <3> - <6> Area = 10 See also: <7> <8>