Introduction
Features of Capesthorne Hall include a landscape park, formal gardens, a kitchen garden and a lawn.
Capesthorne Hall is surrounded by a landscape park. The park includes formal gardens, which were originally a kitchen garden. There is a 19th-century geometric garden which is now a lawn, lakes and woodland. There is also an icehouse, chapel and an arboretum which has surviving 18th-century maple trees.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
- History
Capesthorne Hall was created between 1719 and 1732. In 1861 a fire destroyed part of the building. Between 1939 and 1945, Capesthorne Hall house became a Red Cross Hospital.
Period
18th Century (1701 to 1800)
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Features
- Icehouse
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- Lawn
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- Kitchen Garden
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- Ornamental Lake
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- Great House (featured building)
- Description: Jacobean style with remodelling by Anthony Salvin in the 19th century.
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- Chapel
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- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Ornamental
Period
18th Century (1701 to 1800)
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Siddington