Monument record 2929/2/14 - Kitchen Garden, Cottesbrooke Hall

Edwardian kitchen garden. There are three walled enclosures, the first entirely devoted to greenhouses and frames. There are three-quarter-span houses for vines and other fruits, and smaller span-roofed houses for ornamental plants and crops. There is also an orchard.

{1} Edwardian kitchen garden, in fine condition. There are three walled enclosures, the first entirely devoted to greenhouses and frames, all well maintained. There are three-quarter-span houses for vines and other fruits, and smaller span-roofed houses for ornamental plants and crops. There is also an orchard.

{2} The kitchen garden lies on the south edge of the park 150m east of All Saints’ church, and comprises three brick-walled compartments: Top Garden, Middle Garden and a Frameyard. The gardens were the subject of an extensive study in the 1980s (Campbell 1987), when they were still run on traditional lines. Since then those practices have been discontinued.

<1> 1986, Country Life (1986), MAY 15/1328 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN17524.

<2> English Heritage, 1994, Register of Parks & Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England (1994, Northamptonshire), (part checked) (Report). SNN1324.

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