Oak tree in Nursery c1860
The Oak tree in the Nursery c1860 Copyright National Trust
Victorian Drive across East Lawn
The original drive to the 1793 Georgian house and the Victorian rebuild 1895 Copyright National Trust
South Front 1900
The south front of the house in 1900 showing the park coming up to the very walls of the house with just an iron fence at the boundary. Copyright National…
South Front 1905
The south front of the house in 1905 showing the park coming up to the very walls of the house with just an iron fence at the boundary. At about this time the…
Rose Garden 1920s
Around 1870 the area to the north of the house was dug out and the soil was used to form Henry Dutton's croquet lawn which protruded into the main lawn. To the…
South Front balustrade c1919
By the first world war Ralph Dutton's mother had begun to make changes around the house. Here can be seen the balustrade that contained the levelled main lawn.
Crossing looking west 1932
By the late twenties/early thirties Ralph Dutton begins to influence the garden. Here we see the steps from the Rose garden and the newly planted Irish Yews and…
Victorian South Front 1935
Ralph Dutton took over the financial responsibility for the garden in 1931 and here we see the original planting of the Irish yews in the long walk with the…
Removing the Croquet Lawn 1932
In 1933 Ralph Dutton persuaded his father to alow him to cut back the croquet lawn in line with the terrace at the front of the house. Here we see work in…
South east corner after the removal of the Croquet Lawn 1933
The finished project after the removal of that part of the croquet lawn that projected into the main lawn. At the same time the steps to the Rose Garden (Yew…
Sunken Garden 1934
The surplus soil from the croquet lawn was deposited on the south side of the balustrade to level the site and form the sunken garden. At the same time the long…
Rose Garden 1934
A view from the Rose(Yew) garden in 1934 immediately after the croquet lawn had been reduced in size and the steps from the terrace to the rose garden…
South front from tennis court 1936
A view from the Tennis Court probably in 1936. the sunken garden steps have yet to be widened and the steps down to the Tennis Court have yet to be constructed.…
Tennis Court 1937
Another view from the Tennis Court with the house in an advanced stage of conversion and the newly constructed Tennis Court steps The steps were constructed as…
South front balustrade 1938
By 1938 the steps to the sunken garden had been widened and realigned with the centre point of the house. the man in the picture could be Trenwith Wills the…
North front drive 1938
As the conversion of the house neared completion in 1939 it can be seen that the old drive from the east was still in existence albeit now reduced to not much…
South front from Long Walk 1939
A view of the newly converted house in 1939. The Irish Yews in the long walk are progressing slowly but the yew hedge on the top of the bank in line with the…
Looking west from crossing 1939
In 1939 the Irish Yews on the path to the iron gate are beginning to establish themselves. Copyright National Trust
North front 1939
