garden grassed over

March 2004: All the garden grassed over for many years.

surveying site

Steve measuring up as part of initial site survey

general view

General view of south east part of the garden

wall and flues

Some of the walls would have had grape vines and peaches trained against them under glass. Here you can see the flues through which heat from a fireplace would have travelled to protect tender shoots and blossoms. Currently under occupation by nesting jackdaws!

pear avenue

Avenue of old, and some unusual, pear varieties. Tangled crowns and choked with ivy.