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Mannington Hall tel: 01263 584175 Area: Norfolk |
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| Visitor Information | www.manningtongardens.co.uk -- email: laurelwalpole {at} manningtongardens.co.uk |
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Mannington Hall |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
Mannington: May - Sept; Sundays; 12 noon - 5pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 2nd May, 26th Sept |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: June & July |
To
see: Rose collection |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| (2010 prices) Adult £5; Child free; Over 60s £4; Family £15, Single £10; Party rates £3.50 pp (pre-booked and pre-paid); Hall tours for special interest groups £6. Walks and car park £2 Wolterton Hall: £5. Car Park £2 per day. Seeason Tickets: Single £15; Families £25. |
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| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Consult own website for programme of events. Catering by arrangement for groups |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| Outstanding rose collection with history of the rose display and heritage rose garden, interesting trees and shrubs. Lake and extensive country walks, meadow with boardwalk. 4th June - "The Importance of Being Earnest" - Rain or Shine Theatre 13th & 23rd June - Artlands Art & Garden - Works created for or inspired by the garden. 1st - 5th Aug - Wolterton - Children's Musical Workshop 20th Aug - "La Traviata" - Garden Opera Company 18/19th Sept - Wolterton Costume & Textile Fair 16/17th Oct - Norfolk Living History Fair 31st Oct - Afternoon concert 13th - 17th Nov - NCCS Contemporary Craft Display |
English Heritage Garden Grade: II | |||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Lord Walpole |
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| There are two different sites at Mannington Hall, one is a park and the other is a garden. The gardens around this mediaeval moated manor house feature a wide variety of plants, trees and shrubs in many different settings. Throughout the gardens are thousands of roses, especially classic varieties. The Heritage Rose and Twentieth Century Rose Gardens have roses in areas with designs reflecting their date of origin from the fifteenth century to the present day. There are believed to be more than 1500 rose varieties in the gardens. The park is about 20 acres. One unusual feature are the depressions in the ground which may still be seen, two near the chapel and one to the right of the main drive. A contemporary description of 1717 says 'to the astonishment of those that were present, first single oak with roots and ground about was seen to subside and sink into the earth' and continues to say that then another two trees disappeared, leaving large pits. This alarming event probably occurred because of changes in the course of those underground springs which are still present and feed the lakes and moat. Substantial tree planting has taken place in the last thirty years. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| Mentioned as a substantial property in the Domesday Book, much of the present Hall was built in the 15th century and a map of 1565 shows it as a self-sufficient manorial community. After it was purchased by the 1st Lord Walpole in the mid-18th century, the 4th Earl of Orford established the gardens with battlemented walls and yew hedges as well as planting the now massive cedar trees. | ||||||
| Nearby Norfolk Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Sheringham Hotel, Wolterton |
Restaurants: Aylsham, Holt |
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| Inns & Pubs: Saracens Head, Wolterton Walpole Arms, Itteringham Buckinghamshire Arms, Blickling |
Villages / Towns
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  - Norfolk |
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