One of my favorite gardens we visited on our Yorkshire Garden Trip was Newby Hall . Newby Hall was make for   William Weddell , but the first home was n’t like the stately one now standing . The primary part of the current house was designed bySir Christopher Wrenfor   Sir Edward Blackett . Sir Blackett must have had some pull to get Wren who also designedSt . Paul ’s Cathedraland many other building after the Great Fire of London in 1666 .

The Weddell family eventually acquired the land and the home and set about making it theirs . They made improvements and utilize architects to enlarge the house . If you fuck the television show , Downton Abbey , as I did , you ’ll be happy to be intimate that areal Lord Granthamlived in the home at one clip , and it is presently owned by Richard & Lucinda Compton , who are link up indirectly to the Weddell fellowship . Complicated , is n’t it?Lucinda Compton is a conservationistwhich is good since she now co - possess a historical property .

Newby Hall has been the film typeset for many television shows and motion-picture show , include star as bothBuckingham Palace and Kensington Palacein the ITV seriesVictoria .

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But , as beautiful as the house is , I was more concerned in the garden .

Of of course , I was .

Newby Hall is surrounded by forty Accho of gardens . You read that right . Forty glorious acre filled with statuary , arbor , arbors and mature trees and shrubs .

Newby Hall’s long herbaceous borders, replanted by Lucinda Compton. The borders were the original gardens at the house.

Wide-angled steps in Newby Hall planted with heat-loving plants. I thought the texture was particularly nice.

Richard Compton ’s   grandfather , Major Edward Compton , inherited Newby Hall in 1921 , and there were n’t many garden leave to see . In fact , he is often quote as say “ I found I had inherit an exceptionally beautiful plate but no garden to speak of – a lovely picture but no build . ”

Major Compton altogether redesigned the gardens , and it took him over fifty days to finish his “ Grand Design . ” He die in 1977 . Here you could show morehistory about the gardens , His Word , Robin Compton VMH , was a botanist who put his own stamp on his father ’s blueprint , and his wife , Jane , also know flower figure . They both carry on the bequest .

Lucinda Compton andMark Jackson , Head Gardener , now manage the gardens with volunteer help and adedicated garden squad . Although the gardens are comparatively new in comparison to the nursing home ’s historic period , they seem very matured because of the magnanimous trees on the property . Bill and I found these tree to be invaluable on the daytime we visited because the weather was quite hot .

Pipes to an early water collection system that I thought were cool.

In June , Yorkshire was in the midst of a drouth which you could see from the John M. Browning in the Great Lawn . Newby Hall hold theNational Cornus Collectionof flowering dogwood , and we were correct in time to see them at their best .

However , by far , my favorite garden was Sylvia ’s Garden . I thought its gate and multi - level sunken room was charming , and the environ yew hedge was the perfect backdrop for all these grotesque blossom . Sylvia ’s Garden was one of the earliest gardens designed and planted by Major Compton . It was named after his wife , Sylvia   Farquharson , and it is now her memorial garden . Although it is very formal in style , it does n’t sense that way because billowy blooms spill into walkways . In fact , it feel almost frothy . Please select the photos in the gallery , above , to enlarge them . They are deserving seeing for their recherche detail .

Newby Hall also gasconade a tiddler ’s garden and a miniature railroad track which is quite pop . I ’m dingy I did n’t take any picture of the latter because I was overwhelmed at all of the other garden , and honestly , railroad garden are just not my thing .

Newby Hall fountain at the rear of the house.

Please do n’t detest me for it .

I did feel this beautiful Damask rose for you .

What else can I say about Newby Hall ? Next clip , if I have prison term , I ’ll also visit the household . There never is enough clip on trip , is there ?

Old rain collection tank.

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The backside of Newby Hall with the great lawn. The lawn is looking parched because Yorkshire is in a drought.

Newby Hall’s fantastic long herbaceous borders.

Closeup of one of Newby Hall’s long borders.

Newby Hall’s long herbaceous borders, replanted by Lucinda Compton. The borders were the original gardens at the house.

More borders along the central axis at Newby Hall.

Fantastic dogs atop cotoneaster, probably C. divaricatus at Newby Hall.

Another fantastic English rose. Roses in England are really something. They bloom more heavily than they do in Oklahoma for sure. This one wasn’t tagged so I don’t know the variety.,

Wide-angled steps in Newby Hall planted with heat-loving plants.

Wide-angled steps in Newby Hall planted with heat-loving plants. I thought the texture was particularly nice.

Part of Newby Hall’s National Cornus Collection.

Part of Newby Hall’s National Cornus Collection.

Formal ate to Sylvia’s Garden at Newby Hall.

Gracious beds and borders in Sylvia’s Garden. Small flowering plants give it a frothy appearance.

The center of Sylvia’s Garden. You can tell they spend a lot of time working in this beautiful space.

A standard or grafted tree rose makes an exclamation point at the edge of one bed in Sylvia’s Garden.

Dark midnight belue delphiniums. Delphiniums are the most magical plants. I wish we could grow them here. Alas, it’s just too hot.

Staked delphiniums in a light shade of blue. Aren’t they just like a darkened sky?

Rosa ‘Leda.’ This appears to actually be ‘Pink Leda,’ an old Damask rose, one of ancient varieties of rose.

Rose identified asR.‘Leda.’ This appears to actually be ‘Pink Leda,’ an old Damask rose, one of the ancient varieties of roses.