Gardens
The gardens are mainly to the south and west of the house and include long borders, old-fashioned roses and specimen trees. Close to the house on the south side is the parterre, designed by David Hicks in the 1990’s and now maturing beautifully with topiary teapots on four corners in honour of Mr Brudenell’s love of tea. The well planted long borders finish at the octagonal stone summer house, built by the 7th Earl as a retreat for his flirtations.
The terraced lawns lead down to the lake where there is a diversity of bird life ranging from red kites to kingfishers, black swans and little grebes and across the water is rolling parkland with mature trees.