Property News · May 23, 2024

Country diary: A walled garden that lived, died and lives again | Paul Evans


The Marches, Shropshire: The grand Llandorfa Hall is long gone, but the garden is overgrown and liberated, haunted with the same obsession that brought it into beingThrough a ruined doorway in the wall, behind the birdsong of Maytide, there is a fragile silence of broken things and the green light of woods coming closer. The ruins of Llanforda, just north of Oswestry, are the remains of an estate first built and planted in the 17th century. In 1640, it was described as having walks, pleasure gardens, and a wilderness and fountain to rival any grand garden in the county.During the 18th and 19th centuries the garden and parkland was further developed in the grand manner of a Shropshire country house, but in 1940, Llanforda Hall was demolished. Local legend has it that an obsession for plants and gardening made the estate go bust. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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