List of sites on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
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This List of sites on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens is a list of parks and gardens featured on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England
. The list is managed by English Heritage
and currently has about 1,450 sites listed.
As with Listed Buildings, parks and gardens are graded on a scale, Grade I being internationally significant sites are therefore the most important and constitute around 10% of the total number. Historically important gardens are Grade II* (about 30% of the total) and the remainder are of regional or national importance and are Grade II registered.
Provided at the end of this page are those sites which were formerly listed but have since been delisted.
National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
In England, the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England provides a listing and classification system for historic parks and gardens similar to that used for listed buildings. The register is managed by English Heritage under the provisions of the National...
. The list is managed by English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
and currently has about 1,450 sites listed.
As with Listed Buildings, parks and gardens are graded on a scale, Grade I being internationally significant sites are therefore the most important and constitute around 10% of the total number. Historically important gardens are Grade II* (about 30% of the total) and the remainder are of regional or national importance and are Grade II registered.
Provided at the end of this page are those sites which were formerly listed but have since been delisted.
Parks and gardens
- A la RondeA La RondeA La Ronde is an 18th-century 16-sided house located near Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The house was built for two spinster cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter.-History:...
Grade II - Abberley HallAbberley HallAbberley Hall is a country house in the north-west of the county of Worcestershire, England. The present Italianate house is the work of Samuel Daukes and dates from 1846-49. Since 1916 it has been occupied by Abberley Hall School. It is a Grade II* listed building...
Grade II - Addington ParkAddington ParkAddington Park is a park situated in Addington in the London Borough of Croydon. The park covers an area of .- History :The ground of the park was acquired in 1930 following negotiations with the owners of the Addington Palace Estate...
Grade II - Alexandra Park, ManchesterAlexandra Park, ManchesterAlexandra Park is a park in the Moss Side/Whalley Range districts of Manchester, England and opened in 1868. The lodge and gateways are the work of Alfred Darbyshire...
Grade II - Canons ParkCanons ParkCanons Park is a residential suburb of London, situated in the north west London Borough of Harrow. It is located to the south of Stanmore, the west of Edgware, and the east of Wealdstone.-Etymology and history:...
Grade II - Castle ParkCastle Park HouseCastle Park House is a former country house surrounded by extensive grounds in the market town of Frodsham in Cheshire, England. It is built on the site of Frodsham Castle, and originates from the late 18th century. It was extended in the 1850s, and its gardens were laid out by Edward Kemp...
, Frodsham, Cheshire Grade II - Cholmondeley CastleCholmondeley CastleCholmondeley Castle is a country house in the civil parish of Cholmondeley, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. It is surrounded by a estate.-House:...
Grade II - Corporation Park, BlackburnCorporation Park, BlackburnCorporation Park is a traditional Victorian park in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It was landscaped by William Henderson and opened in 1857. Corporation Park is regarded as the main formal park in Blackburn and is used mainly by local people for general recreation, walking and dog walking, as...
Grade II - CoteheleCoteheleCotehele, , is a mediaeval/Tudor house located in the parish of Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK. In Cornish the placename is Koesheyl . Probably originating circa 1300, the main phases of building appear to have been by Sir Richard Edgcumbe from 1485–89 and his son, Sir Piers Edgcumbe, from...
Grade II* - Crewe HallCrewe HallCrewe Hall is a Jacobean mansion located near Crewe Green, east of Crewe, in Cheshire, England. Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire, it is listed at grade I...
Grade II - Croxteth HallCroxteth HallCroxteth Hall is the former country estate and ancestral home of the Molyneux family, the Earls of Sefton. After the death of the 7th and last Earl in 1972 the estate passed to Liverpool City Council, which now manages the remainder of the estate, following the sale of approximately half of the...
, Liverpool Grade II - Derby ArboretumDerby ArboretumDerby Arboretum is a public arboretum and park in the city of Derby in England. It was the first publicly owned, landscaped, urban, recreational park in England. It is located in the Rose Hill area, about a mile south of Derby city centre. After many years of neglect, the Arboretum has recently...
- Dunorlan ParkDunorlan ParkDunorlan Park is a park and grounds in Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK.Totalling approximately 78 acres and containing a lake, the grounds were landscaped by Robert Marnock for Henry Reed, the merchant and philanthropist who owned the estate and the now-demolished house that once overlooked...
Grade II - Easton Lodge GardensEaston LodgeEaston Lodge was a Victorian Gothic style stately home to the west of Great Dunmow, Essex in England. Once famous for its weekend society gatherings frequented by the Prince of Wales , it was one of many country houses destroyed during the 20th century...
Grade II - Eaton Hall (Cheshire)Eaton Hall (Cheshire)Eaton Hall is the country house of the Duke of Westminster. It is set within a large estate south of the village of Eccleston, in Cheshire, England . The house is surrounded by formal gardens, parkland, farmland and woodland. The estate covers an area of about .The first substantial house was...
Grade II* - Endcliffe ParkEndcliffe ParkEndcliffe Park is a large park in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The park was opened in 1887 to commemorate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria.Endcliffe Park comprises parkland as well as woodland...
- Hedsor HouseHedsor HouseHedsor House is a Georgian style mansion in England in the southern most point of Buckinghamshire in the village of Hedsor, Taplow. Perched overlooking the River Thames, a Manor house at Hedsor can be dated back to 1166 when the estate was owned by the de Hedsor Family...
Grade II - Hestercombe HouseHestercombe HouseHestercombe House is a historic country house in the parish of West Monkton in the Quantock Hills, near Taunton in Somerset, England. Its restoration to Gertrude Jekyll's original plans have made it "one of the best Jekyll-Lutyens gardens open to the public on a regular basis", visited by...
Grade I - Holwood HouseHolwood HouseHolwood House is a country house in Keston, near Hayes, in the London Borough of Bromley, England. The house was designed by Decimus Burton, built between 1823 and 1826 and is in the Greek Revival style. It was built for John Ward who later employed Burton to lay out his Calverley Park Estate in...
- Larmer Tree GardensLarmer Tree GardensThe Larmer Tree Gardens near Tollard Royal in south Wiltshire, England, were created by Lieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers in 1880 as pleasure grounds for "public enlightenment and entertainment". They were the first private gardens opened for public enjoyment in the United...
Grade II* - Layer Marney TowerLayer Marney TowerLayer Marney Tower is a Tudor palace, composed of buildings, gardens and parkland, dating from 1520 situated in Layer Marney near Colchester, Essex, England.-History:...
Grade II - LeonardsleeLeonardsleeLeonardslee is one of the largest and most spectacular landscaped woodland gardens in England. They are particularly noted for their spring displays of rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, magnolias and bluebells, with the flowering season reaching its peak in May...
Grade I - Marston HouseMarston BigotMarston Bigot is a small village near Nunney and south of Frome in Somerset, England.-History:Marston Bigot was listed as "Mersitone-tora" in the Doomesday Book, which gave the name of the then Saxon landowner as Robert Arundel. It became known as Marston Bigot some time after it was given by...
Grade II - Mote ParkMote ParkMote Park is a 180 hectare multi-use public park in Maidstone, Kent. Previously a country estate it was converted to landscaped park land at the end of the 18th century before becoming a municipal park. It includes the former stately home Mote House together with a miniature railway, pitch and putt...
Grade II - Mount Edgcumbe HouseMount Edgcumbe HouseMount Edgcumbe House is a stately home in south-east Cornwall. It is a Grade II listed building and the gardens are listed as Grade I in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England....
Grade I - Newsham ParkNewsham ParkNewsham Park in Liverpool, England is a Victorian park that was opened in 1868. To the east of it is the Canada Dock branch railway line, and to the north is West Derby Road.-History:...
, Liverpool Grade II - Catton Park, Old Catton, NorwichCatton Park, Old Catton, NorwichCatton Park is a Grade 2 listed public park located in the village of Old Catton some 2 miles north of central Norwich. The park covers and was landscape gardener Humphry Repton's first commission...
Grade II* - Orchardleigh EstateOrchardleigh EstateOrchardleigh is a country estate in Somerset, approximately two miles north of Frome, and on the southern edge of the village of Lullington. It comprises a Victorian stately home, an island church, and an 18-hole golf course...
- Peover HallPeover HallPeover Hall is a country house in the civil parish of Peover Superior, commonly known as Over Peover, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.-History:...
Grade II - Renishaw HallRenishaw HallRenishaw Hall is a stately home in Derbyshire, England which dates from the 17th century. It is a Grade I listed building. It has been the home of the Sitwell family for over 350 years....
Grade II* - Richmond Hill Terrace GardensRichmond Hill, LondonRichmond Hill in Richmond, London is a hill that rises gently on its northern side from the ancient Thames meadowlands around the site of Richmond Palace up to and slightly beyond the Richmond Gate entrance to Richmond Park, the former royal hunting grounds enclosed by Charles I...
Grade II* - Rookery HallRookery HallRookery Hall is an Elizabethan-style mansion located off the B5074 road near the village of Worleston in Cheshire, England. Dating originally from 1816 but extensively altered in the late 19th century, the hall is listed at grade II...
- Royal Victoria Park, Bath
- St Paul's Walden BurySt Paul's Walden BurySt. Paul's Walden Bury is a stately home and surrounding gardens located in the village of St Paul's Walden in Hertfordshire. A home of the Bowes-Lyon family, it is best known for its connection to the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother...
- Stamford Park Grade II
- Stanley Park, LiverpoolStanley Park, LiverpoolStanley Park is a park in Liverpool, England, designed by Edward Kemp, which was opened on 14 May 1870 by the Mayor of Liverpool, Joseph Hubback. It is significant among Liverpool's parks on account of its layout and architecture. It has a grand terrace with expansive bedding schemes that were...
, Grade II - Stanmer ParkStanmer ParkStanmer Park is a large open park immediately to the west of the University of Sussex, and to the north-east of the town of Brighton in the county of East Sussex, England, UK....
Grade II - Stoke ParkStoke Park PavilionsStoke Park Pavilions are all that remain of the stately house and grounds of Stoke Park near the village of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England, approximately south of Northampton and north of Milton Keynes.- Stoke Park :...
Grade II - Tabley HouseTabley HouseTabley House is a former stately home in Tabley Inferior , some to the east of the town of Knutsford, Cheshire, England. The house has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. It was built between 1761 and 1769 for Sir Peter Byrne Leicester, to replace an older...
Grade II - Tatton ParkTatton ParkTatton Park is a historic estate in Cheshire, England, to the north of the town of Knutsford. It contains a mansion, Tatton Hall, a manor house dating from medieval times, Tatton Old Hall, gardens, a farm and a deer park of . It is a popular visitor attraction and hosts over 100 events annually...
- Tintinhull GardenTintinhull GardenTintinhull Garden, located in Tintinhull, Yeovil, Somerset, England is a small 20th century Arts and Crafts garden surrounding a 17th century house. The property is in the ownership of the National Trust.-House:...
Grade II - Trent ParkTrent ParkTrent Park is a country park, formerly the grounds of a mansion house which currently forms the Trent Park campus of Middlesex University in the north of London, United Kingdom...
- Valentines ParkValentines ParkValentines Park is, at , the largest green space in the London Borough of Redbridge, between Ilford and Gants Hill. It was acquired in various purchases and gifts of land, starting in 1898 and culminating in the 1920s...
Grade II - Walpole ParkWalpole ParkWalpole Park is a municipal urban public open space run by Ealing Borough Council, and its main entrance is situated in Mattock Lane, Ealing, West London....
- Wandsworth ParkWandsworth ParkWandsworth Park is an urban park in the Putney district of London, England. It is one of two Grade II listed parks in London, the other being Battersea Park. The park is situated along the south bank of the River Thames and bordered to the south by Putney Bridge Road. To the west it backs on to...
Grade II - Wavertree Botanic Park and GardensWavertree Botanic Park and GardensWavertree Botanic Gardens is an example of a mid 19th century public park. It incorporates an earlier walled botanic garden, founded by William Roscoe as Liverpool Botanic Garden and relocated from land near Mount Pleasant in the 1830s...
, Liverpool Grade II
Cemeteries
The total number of cemeteries included on the Register number around 110. These include:- Abney Park CemeteryAbney Park CemeteryAbney Park in Stoke Newington, in the London Borough of Hackney, is a historic parkland originally laid out in the early 18th century by Lady Mary Abney and Dr. Isaac Watts, and the neighbouring Hartopp family. In 1840 it became a non-denominational garden cemetery, semi-public park arboretum, and...
, Stoke Newington, Grade II - Allerton CemeteryAllerton CemeteryPurchase of the land for Allerton Cemetery was completed in October 1906, the Church of England section was consecrated by the Bishop of Liverpool on 24 September 1909, and the first burial in the cemetery took place on 29 December 1909...
, Liverpool Grade II - American Military Cemetery, Cambridge, Grade II
- Anfield CemeteryAnfield CemeteryAnfield Cemetery, also known as the City of Liverpool Cemetery, is on Priory Road, Anfield, Liverpool, England .It covers an area of some and includes axial and circular paths, two chapels and a Gothic style catacomb. The layout of the cemetery was designed by Edward Kemp.The cemetery is adjacent...
, Liverpool Grade II - Brompton CemeteryBrompton CemeteryBrompton Cemetery is located near Earl's Court in South West London, England . It is managed by The Royal Parks and is one of the Magnificent Seven...
, Grade II* - City of London Cemetery, Grade II
- Golders Green CrematoriumGolders Green CrematoriumGolders Green Crematorium and Mausoleum was the first crematorium to be opened in London, and one of the oldest crematoria in Britain. The land for the crematorium was purchased in 1900, costing £6,000, and was opened in 1902 by Sir Henry Thompson....
, Grade II - Grove Park CemeteryGrove Park CemeteryGrove Park Cemetery is a cemetery in the London Borough of Lewisham.-Location:It is located near Grove Park on Marvels Lane, between Chinbrook Meadows and Marvels Wood, SE12.-Special interest:...
, Grade II - Highgate CemeteryHighgate CemeteryHighgate Cemetery is a cemetery located in north London, England. It is designated Grade I on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. It is divided into two parts, named the East and West cemetery....
, Grade II* - Kensal Green CemeteryKensal Green CemeteryKensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in Kensal Green, in the west of London, England. It was immortalised in the lines of G. K. Chesterton's poem The Rolling English Road from his book The Flying Inn: "For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen; Before we go to Paradise by way of...
, Grade II* - Key Hill CemeteryKey Hill CemeteryKey Hill Cemetery, , originally called Birmingham General Cemetery, a Nonconformist cemetery, is the oldest cemetery in Birmingham, England. It opened on 23 May 1836. Located in Hockley, the city's Jewellery Quarter, it is one of two cemeteries there...
, Birmingham, Grade II - Nunhead CemeteryNunhead CemeteryNunhead Cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries in London, England. It is perhaps the least famous and celebrated of them.. The cemetery is located in the Nunhead area of southern London and was originally known as All Saints' Cemetery. Nunhead Cemetery was consecrated in 1840 and...
, formerly known as All Saints, Grade II* - Sheffield General CemeterySheffield General CemeteryThe General Cemetery is a cemetery in the City of Sheffield, England that opened in 1836, and closed for burial in 1978. It was the principal cemetery in Victorian Sheffield with over 87,000 burials. Today it is a conservation area , and it is listed on the English Heritage National Register of...
, Grade II - Toxteth Park CemeteryToxteth Park CemeteryToxteth Park Cemetery is a graveyard on Smithdown Road, Liverpool, United Kingdom. It was opened on Monday 9 June 1856. It was the responsibility of the Toxteth Park Burial Board, which had been established by at least 1855....
, Liverpool Grade II - Undercliffe CemeteryUndercliffe CemeteryUndercliffe Cemetery is located between Otley Road and Undercliffe Lane in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.The cemetery stands atop a hillside overlooking the city and contains some very impressive Victorian funerary monuments in a variety of styles....
, Bradford, Grade II - West Norwood CemeteryWest Norwood CemeteryWest Norwood Cemetery is a cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery.One of the first private landscaped cemeteries in London, it is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries of London, and is a site of major historical, architectural and...
, formerly known as The South Metropolitan Cemetery, Grade II