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Title: Finding lost gardens at Beningbrough Hall, while making a modern one.
Abstract: The garden history of Beningbrough Hall in Yorkshire, one time home to the Bourchier family, presents an enigma, despite the the hall’s significance as one of the finest baroque houses in England. In 2024 the second garden (in a series of five at Beningbrough) by Chelsea gold-medal winner, Andy Sturgeon, will open to the public. For three years prior to construction, the site has been the subject of archaeological investigations, successfully finding remains of lost 17C/early 18C formal gardens, that appear on a cursive sketch of c.1720, hitherto thought to be just an ‘artistic representation’ of gardens that were never actually planted.
Our Speaker: Mark Newman is the archaeological consultant for the Yorkshire and North-East region of the National Trust, including Beningbrough and many other estates. A member of the Chartered Institute of Archaeologists and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, he lives in Wensleydale. Among his principal specialisms is the archaeology of gardens, parks and designed landscapes. He has previously presented to CGT on the Studley Royal Estate, and has published a comprehensive history of the Aislabie family’s designed landscape at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal – The Wonder of the North.
Time: 7:30pm – 8:45pm (approx); the Zoom doors will open at 7:15pm.
Bookings: To receive the Zoom joining details, we invite members and guests to register by emailing admin. The talk is free to members of CGT, the Cambridgeshire group of the Plant Heritage Society and Beningbrough volunteers. Guests are most welcome but we ask £4 per Zoom seat, payable by BACS to the Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust account (sort code 30-99-50, account number 80635768), using your name as reference. The Zoom link will be sent by email 24 hours prior to the talk.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust 