Landscape record 15925/4 - Gardens of former Walton Lea Mansion

<1> Cheshire Gardens Trust, 2011 onwards, Research and Recording Report, Walton Lea, 2023 (Report). SCH6655.

Garden laid out an the time of constrcution of the mansion house ( 1860s)

"Some of the principal plants grown at Walton Lea were camellias, roses, ferns, azaleas, chrysanthemums and hollies……the former site of the mansion and the gardens are now overgrown by large trees, However, some areas have been partially cleared and clearance of the leaf build-up has revealed edgings to former garden paths and around the fernery "

(Research report includes contemporary descriptions of the gardens by the head gardener)

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

Layout of the driveway, paths and sunken garden illustrated on this late 19th century map.