Walled Kitchen Gardens of Northamptonshire

Don’t be misled by the title!  This fourth volume in the series tells the history of Grade I listed Rushton Hall and its owners from the Tresham family in the fifteenth century to those of the present day.  It includes the Grade II* listed historic parkland with its numerous listed buildings, the pleasure gardens and the walled kitchen garden.  Also included are the Tresham buildings of Rothwell Market House and Lyveden New Bield.

Fully illustrated with prints, maps and photographs in colour and black & white.

Hardback | £25 & p&p

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This is a limited edition book. ONLY six copies remaining. If you would like to purchase one please email 

elizabeth.taylor6@btinternet.com

A new book covering the history of Loddington Hall was published in December 2022. It is the third volume on the history Northamptonshire country houses and their gardens to be published by the Northamptonshire Gardens Trust.

The book covers the history of Loddington Hall, its parkland and garden, past residents, stable yard and the old walled kitchen garden. The information and images are drawn from a variety of sources including several private collections using some previously unpublished research.

Believed to be the only book written on Loddington Hall it is a hardback with 100 illustrations in black and white and colour. 

Hardback | 97 pages | £20 & p&p

This book covers the history of Sulby Hall and its residents from the creation of the building by the famous architect John Soane to its demolition over 150 years later. 

As with other books in the series it will be of interest to both garden and local historians.  It contains a wealth of previously unpublished research, using primary source documents, on the history of Sulby Hall, its people, pleasure grounds and the walled kitchen garden. 

The book contains information on the Hall and its owners throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and is beautifully illustrated with many images from a number of private collections.

Hardback | 110 pages | Over 120 illustrations in black & white and colour | Limited print run | £26.00 & p&p

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To buy one please contact the author: elizabeth.taylor6@btinternet.com 

This book, of interest to garden historians and those interested in local history, contains a wealth of previously unpublished research on the history of the two walled kitchen gardens in Finedon, Northamptonshire ─ those of The Hall (now in multi ownership) and The Vicarage (a private dwelling since 2000).

The book covers the period from the first incarnation of the walled kitchen garden at Finedon Hall c1805, Humphry Repton’s suggestion to move the kitchen garden during his proposed redesign of the grounds, through the later history of the gardens up to the present day. The history of the vicarage walled kitchen garden is also covered, using primary source documents.

This was the first book to be published by the Northamptonshire Gardens Trust and is an exciting prelude to published material of the Walled Kitchen Gardens of Northamptonshire research project which has been underway for eight years.

Hardback | 50 pages | Full Colour | £20 & p&p 

Interested?

To buy please contact the author: 

elizabeth.taylor6@btinternet.com