Hales Hall - 16th C on. Moated house. Garden L.20th C. including Reads Nursery. National Collection of Citrus, Vitis (indoor) and Ficus.
Hoveton House - Park, lawns and walks, rock garden, large herbeacous borders, rhododendron grove, kitchen garden and walled garden.
How Hill Farm, Ludham - 20th C. water gardens from 1968, created by Peter Boardman; 9 acres in total, including 3 acre broad; rare conifers, rhododendrons, holly collection, summer house, thatched folly; view over River Ant.
Kettle Hill, Blakeney - from 1991. 12 acre garden with views towards coast. Walled gardens, terraces, arboretum, hidden rose garden.
Bayfield Hall -Park, lake -formed by damming the river Glaven; vistas; remains of church as a ruin; formal garden with borders by Lanning Roper.
Besthorpe Hall -16th C on. Fine brick entrance piers with pineapples, Tudor brick enclosure with three large decorative gateways, larger 17th c enclosure, kitchen garden, tilting ground, evidence of terracing.
Bishop's Palace, Norwich - 4 acres. Approached through Bishop's Palace Gate c. 1430. Area bounded to the south by the Cathedral. Contains the ruin of the porch of Bishop Salmon's great hall c. 1318.
Conifer Hill, Starston - 19th/20th c. 4 acres. Garden around house above steep escarpment of old quarry. Pinetum.
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Lake House, Brundall - an acre of water gardens set in a steep cleft of river escarpment.
Lexham Hall 18th/19th century park. River Nar flows through park. The Broad Water, a long winding lake with two linked pools, 20th century - formal garden enclosed by balustrade, yew walk, woodland garden, Kitchen garden with crinkle-crankle wall.
Stody Lodge Water Gardens - 15 acres of rhododendrons and azaleas. Water garden and woodlands.
Talbot Manor, Fincham - 40 acres. Extensive and important collection of trees and shrubs. Fine collection of tender plants in a series of greenhouses.
Norfolk Gardens Trust
