Introduction
Palace House and its garden occupy the south-west corner of the site of Bishop's Waltham Palace. It is now a private house with a recently-redesigned rose garden.
- History
When Palace House was sold in 1857, it had a number of outbuildings and lawn, shrubberies, kitchen garden, orchard, carriage drive and young fruit trees. Along with a meadow and part of the ruins it covered 3.25 hectares (8 acres), In 1869, the site passed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners who sold it, then in 1889 it was placed in the guardianship of the Office of Works. From the 19th century landscaping only a few specimen trees remain.
- Features & Designations
Designations
The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building
- Reference: Palace House
- Grade: II*
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: The main facade of the house is from 1690. There is an earlier wing (dating from the 16th century). The northern half of the house was added in about 1830.
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- Specimen Tree
- Description: From the 19th-century landscaping only a few specimen trees remain.
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- Rose Garden
- Description: The rose garden was re-designed in the 1990s by Michael Baron.
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- Water Course
- Description: A 14th-century man-made water course was restored in 2006 with advice from Kim Wilkie.
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- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Part: standing remains
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Bishops Waltham
- References
Contributors
Hampshire Gardens Trust