House and park shown on Chapman's map of 1774, Norwood Hall and park with details on Sanderson 1835. Throsby says "The approach to this dwelling, from the road, is prettily diversified with firs, larches etc". The Hall is listed grade II*, kitchen garden, stables, garden temple, haha, ice house, summerhouse and railings and gateway all listed grade II. (1)
Originally a deer park in the ownership of the Archbishops of York until the Commonwealth when it was put in the charge of Edmund Cludd, who built a house on the site. In 1764 the lease passed to John Sutton who undertook a comprehensive reworking of the landscape. A large area of trees was cleared to open up views to the house and in turn to enable views out of the site towards the Minster. Two large rectangular ponds were constructed, much more in keeping with the style of medieval fishponds than the Romantic landscape school of the period. Dr. Hilary Taylor suggests this may have been as a result of the owner's practical interest in angling than a desire to interpret the picturesque. There are several other features still extant which date from this period. These include the lodge and adjacent gateway, the icehouse, the kitchen garden, the stable range and the ha-ha wall. The garden temple and the summer house both date from the latter part of the eighteenth century. In 1881 the estate was purchased by a Mr. Starkey of Yorkshire. A significant development is the planting of an orchard to the south of the kitchen garden. Otherwise the character is essentially the same as the eighteenth century landscape apart from some additional ornamental planting. In 1910 the Maythorn orchard was planted. This was the first intensive commercial orchard to be planted in the park. This trend has continued right up to the present day with extensive areas of pear and apple orchards planted on the open parkland. The stable range was converted for apple storage in 1945 and two modern prefabricated farm buildings were subsequently erected within the walls of the kitchen garden for packing operations. The park has changed little since the eighteenth century other than extensive development of orchard planting. (6)
See M9420 for Norwood Hall.
See M18295 for Med deer park.

<1> Notts Historic Gardens Trust, 1995-1997, Notts Historic Parks and Gardens Files (Unpublished document). SNT4553.

<2> Chapman J, 1774, Nottinghamshire - approx 1in (Map). SNT550.

<3> Sanderson G, 1835, 20 miles around Mansfield - 2 in (Map). SNT48.

<4> Throsby J, 1796, Thoroton's History of Notts Vol 3 (Published document). SNT1347.

<5> Thoroton Society, 1967, TTS, pp 72-89 (Published document). SNT380.

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<6> Biggadyke J, 1995, Norwood Hall - Register Review Report (Unpublished document). SNT4576.

<7> Thoroton Society, 1986, TTS, pp 14-29 (Published document). SNT1575.