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Little Shelford Manor House

Introduction

Features include avenues, a kitchen and flower garden and lawns.

In 1745, Finch created a small park to the west, planted avenues on both sides of the house and created a formal garden. These gardens were swept away and what remains to the north and south of the house extend to the banks of the River Cam. The gardens are largely of 19th-century origin, and include kitchen and flower gardens with lawns and cedars.
History

A new house was built here soon after 1600 by Sir Tobias Palavicino, son of Horatio, of Babraham Hall, who added a moat or refurbished an existing one. In 1745 William Finch replaced this house by the present brick one.

Features & Designations

Features

  • Kitchen Garden
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  • Lawn
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  • Avenue
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  • Manor House (featured building)
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Key Information

Type

Park

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Domestic / Residential

Survival

Extant

Civil Parish

Little Shelford

References

Contributors

  • Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust