Skellingthorpe Hall

About Skellingthorpe Hall

The garden was originally laid out in the mid 19th century with trees to the West and North boundaries separating the house and garden from the village, oaks and limes from this date survive. Remnants of the Victorian shrubbery and the original main drive can still be found. The house is close to the Northern boundary, so the prospect is to the South and East over-looking the park and more widely towards the Lincoln edge and the city.

After a period of comparative neglect new planting has been developed over the last 25 years and continues with planned projects for the future. The trees. beside the oaks and limes, include Yew, Wellingtonia, Cryptomeria Japonica, Eucryphia and Magnolia.
The newly developed lower garden includes roses, a pond, fan-trained peach, plum, a fig tree and a shrub border along the park boundary. There are rough areas for wildlife and borders planted with a mixture of shrubs and herbaceous plants including those favoured by bees. The whole garden is set off by extensive lawns. There is a well stocked kitchen garden to the East.

Homemade refreshments and plant sales are available and cars can be parked in the Community Centre.

Added pinnacle made from stones removed from Henry VI's chapel at Eton.