Late C18 landscape park, originally c.30ha, now in divided ownership,
House C18, altered by Repton 1790 for John Bridgeman Simpson, altered again 1850 by William Burn, and reduced mid-C20.
Babworth Park extended mainly to the north-east, east and south-east of the Hall. Open ground in vicinity of Hall, Babworth Lake, 500m long, to east and south-east, woodland beyond. Lake now drained, and site planted with trees. Repton produced a Red Book in 1790, and was active at Babworth in the 1790s. The Red Book also contains a design for a greenhouse, unexecuted, by William Wilkins. Walled kitchen garden to north of Hall, with stoves and flues. (1)

<1> English Heritage, 1985, Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England - part 33, Notts (Published document). SNT4554.

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<4> Carter G, Goode P and Laurie K, 1982, Humphry Repton (Published document). SNT4556.

<5> Notts Historic Gardens Trust, 1995-1997, Notts Historic Parks and Gardens Files (Unpublished document). SNT4553.

<6> Throsby J, 1796, Thoroton's History of Notts Vol 3, p 449 (Published document). SNT1347.