THE GARDENS AND PARK
Moor Place House is surrounded by gardens and parkland. Outside the At the northern end of the garden the heated outdoor swimming pool is
nursery wing to the east and south of the house there is a flagged terrace screened by a Leylandii hedge and wall.
extending from the loggia and covered veranda. This is separated from the
To the south of the house are less formal lawns interspersed with flower beds
sunken lawns below by rose beds and a low wall. The lawns stretch out in
and specimen trees and shrubs including Davidia (Handkerchief tree), Cersis
front of the east side of the house and lead the eye to the parkland beyond,
(Judas Tree), Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree), Oaks, Ash, Cedar of
separated by a low wall and punctuated at either end by decorative summer
Lebanon and Horse Chestnut, some of which were given to the Norman
houses or pavilions depicting God and Mammon which were completed in family having been brought back from Ernest H. Wilson’s expedition to China
1936 and are Grade II listed. in the early 1900’s together with various Chinese species roses.
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