Hoar Cross Hall

A terrace overlooks the parterre. This was very magnificent when constructed in the late-19th century by Mrs Meynell-Ingram, supposedly using Francis Bacon's Essay on Gardens as a guide.

An article in Country Life in 1902 shows a formal garden of almost unbelievable splendour. The pleached walk of limes was regarded as one of the finest examples in England. Between the garden and parkland there is a ha-ha.

There were a series of yew-hedged compartments and walks: the Rock garden, Water garden and sunken Lion garden and the Rhododendron walk, Oak walk and Beech walk. There are impressive late Victorian greenhouse ranges against the south wall of the large kitchen garden. The pleasure grounds are still discernable to the south-east, but those to the north of the forecourt have been taken over by car parking.In general, the site is overwhelmed; present use is as a health spa. There are Victorian greenhouse adjacent to a walled garden, now in separate ownership. The greenhouses have been sympathetically restored. Pleasure grounds to the south and south-west are still substantial.