East Boundary Fence Repair

East Boundary Fence Repair

East Boundary Fence Repair   The east boundary of the house lies across the lake and is often hidden by foliage, but, in 2019, it became necessary to take down a very large beech tree there that had been identified as having a root fungus, creating the danger of...
A History of Brockhampton Park

A History of Brockhampton Park

A History of Brockhampton Park A reader view may be obtainable by clicking on the left end of the browser search bar. The original Brockhampton Park house was built around 1640 for Paul Pert, Serjeant1of the Counting House2for King Charles I, a notable position at the...
Brockhampton Park’s Literary Connection

Brockhampton Park’s Literary Connection

Brockhampton Park’s Literary Connection Tenuous though it may be, one of Brockhampton Park’s previous occupants had an indirect connection to Jane Austen, the famed female novelist of the early 1800s. Elizabeth Craven (1687–1777), widow of Charles Craven,...
Bridge Restoration

Bridge Restoration

Bridge Restoration   Fig 1: Kip’s engraving (c. 1710) depicting Brockhampton Park estate from the west. A reader view may be obtainable by clicking on the left end of the browser search bar. While the history of Brockhampton Park house is well recorded in various...
Tree Surgery

Tree Surgery

Tree Surgery The survey of the Park’s trees done last year pointed to many issues that needed to be addressed and the damage done to some of our beautiful, mature trees by last winter’s storms has underlined that priority action is needed. The first steps have been to...