Sheffield Park Garden, East Sussex (National Trust Guidebooks)

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Normal admission applies when you pre-book your visit. Members come free but must still pre-book their visit between 12 Sep and 20 Nov, or we may not be able to guarantee entry. Please bring your membership card with you. Non-members will need to pay when booking. There is no additional charge for parking. The gardens originally formed part of the estate of the adjacent Sheffield Park House, a gothic country house, which has remained in private ownership since the 1953 sale of the estate. [9]

Often regarded as Brown's successor, there is a surviving sketch by Humphry Repton of the park, however Repton's letters record that he did not formally deliver suggestions in one his 'Red Books. [1] Nevertheless, according to Edward Hyams, Repton undertook work in the park in 1789. [4]You’ll also be able to get up close to our collection of over 30 locomotives and see the working yard where engines are prepared in the mornings. Pykett, Derek (10 January 2014). British Horror Film Locations. McFarland. p.74. ISBN 978-0-7864-5193-7. The estate is first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is listed as part of the 'rape of Pevensey', an area given by William the Conqueror to his half-brother, Robert, Count of Mortain. In August 1538, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, entertained King Henry VIII here. [1] Lower Woman's Way Pond CARY, BILL (22 April 2019). "Penthouse Apartment in a Gothic-Style House Rich With English History". www.mansionglobal.com . Retrieved 13 July 2022.

a b "Holroyd, John Baker, first earl of Sheffield (1735–1821), politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/13608. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8 . Retrieved 4 January 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) The estate was used for exterior shooting in the 1961 film, The Innocents, where it served as the Gothic Bly Manor, the setting of the Henry James novella, The Turn of the Screw. [13] See also [ edit ]

Hyams, Edward (1971). Capability Brown and Humphry Repton. Scribner. p.140. ISBN 978-0-684-10273-3.