HEYWOOD

Designed by Sir Edward Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll between 1909 and 1912, this garden overlooks a spectacular eighteenth century landscape park. The associated Georgian house has now gone, but the gardens have been restored to their original state. The main feature is a large elliptical enclosure with terraced borders and an oval pond encircling a stone fountain. A pavilion stands at one end, while opposite, an alley of pleached limes leads to a terrace with a lawn and borders. Beyond lies a pergola terrace whose Ionic columns were taken from one of the follies in the park. Other parkland follies still stand, notably a sham Gothic ruin on the main driveway.