The award-winning York Handmade Brick Company has played a pivotal role in restoring
the dilapidated 18th century walled garden at Burton Constable Hall, EastYorkshire, to its
former glory.
to transform the run-down garden, which was being used as a pheasant-rearing pen,
into a tranquil paradise for the 21st century.
The garden, which also features a new statue of Mr John Chichester-Constable of Burton Constable Hall, is open to the
public by appointment. The £300,000 transformation of the walled garden, which was built in 1768, also featured the
restoration of the ageing Bothy and Gardener’s Cottage, as well as three “earth toilets”.
Mr Chichester-Constable has personally overseen the restoration of the walled garden – two centuries after
legendary Capability Brown designed the gardens and lake at the Hall, the family home since the mid-16th century.