Site Event/Activity record ECH6355 - Chester Leadworks - Research and Recording

Research and recording of a the survival of a small part of a garden by the prominent North West landscape designer Edward Kemp, Superintendent of Birkenhead Park. Described with a plan in his book ‘How to Lay Out a Garden’. Kemp designed nearby Grosvenor Park and Queen’s Park villas; despite the small remnant, the garden has group value with these. Designed probably c.1854 for Edward Walker owner of the Chester Leadworks. A later head gardener was Robert Newstead, eminent naturalist and Curator of the Grosvenor Museum. Principal remaining features include a lawn and path to the north side of the house (now offices), mature trees and part of one wall. Rest of garden greatly altered with residential and other development.