Stonor Park

About Stonor Park

The gardens at Stonor date back to Medieval times when the walls of the great garden and orchard were first pinned and whitewashed. In 1480 the head of the Stonor family, Sir William Stonor, received a letter from his friend William Harleston, stating ‘that you do make a fair new garden’. Today, they are still nurtured by the same family of the same place, who first laid them 550 years ago.

In the 17th century the walled garden was divided into a terraced pleasure garden and a kitchen garden and the current layout still recognisably stems from this period. In 1978 Lady Camoys re-designed the kitchen garden using a painting of it from 1686 as her inspiration, creating borders within a grid, filled with beautiful herbaceous plants. Built into the hill, visitors will enjoy their unique sense of place and sunny terraced walls.

In 2016 William and Ailsa Stonor began looking after the garden, when they moved into the house with their young family. A passionate gardener, Ailsa studied landscape design before working for a landscape architect’s office and is enjoying continuing to look after this much loved garden.

Dogs are not allowed in the garden, but are in designated areas of the park if they are on leads.

The garden is not suitable for wheelchairs.
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Medieval Walled Garden 400 ft -long herbaceous border Huge Rosa 'Kiftsgate' which hangs from a vast yew Stunning parkland views Shrubbery.