Tag: rockwork
1906-07 – Belper River Gardens, Derbyshire
Sm 23 – Apr 13
In 1776, Belper became the home of the world’s second water-powered cotton-spinning mill – an event that contributed greatly to its conversion from a quiet village to a busy industrial community. The mill’s founder was Jedediah Strutt, the inventor of an attachment that made it possible to do ribbed knitting on an ordinary hand-operate knitting frame. It became known as the ‘Derby Rib’, and gave a tremendous boost to the whole of the East Midlands hosiery industry. [i] Continue reading “1906-07 – Belper River Gardens, Derbyshire”
The Garden – February 2013
Rock Landscapes: The Pulham Legacy
Claude Hitching
320 pages, 2012 – Garden Art Press, ISBN 9781870673761 – RRP £35 Continue reading “The Garden – February 2013”
London Landscapes – Autumn / Winter 2012
Rock Landscapes: The Pulham Legacy
Claude Hitching
Published by Garden Art Press, for the Antique Collectors Club, Suffolk 2012 – (RRP 235) ISBN 978-1 -87067-376-1
During the nineteenth and early twentieth century, as new plants flooded into the UK from around the world, rockeries, and decorative rockwork gained in popularity. Many were built on a grandiose scale to display rare and unusual alpine and mountain plants, both in private gardens and later in public parks. A large rockery might have mini-ravines, grottoes, waterfalls and even purpose-built caves. Continue reading “London Landscapes – Autumn / Winter 2012”
1891-94 – Gisselfeld, Denmark
SM 12 – May 12
The first indication that Pulhams may have worked in Europe was contained in a book by Annie Christensen, and reviewed by Peter Hayden.[i] She recorded that the firm may have been involved in the construction of a bridge and some rockwork in the grounds of Gisselfeld Castle, in Denmark, and that the likely date was c.1894. Continue reading “1891-94 – Gisselfeld, Denmark”
1871 – Titsey Place, Oxted, Surrey
SM 06 – Nov 11
Granville W.G. Leveson Gower – an amateur historian, archaeologist and antiquarian – inherited ‘Titsey Place’, near Oxted, Surrey, during the late 19th century, and laid out the framework of the gardens, ‘joining the lakes together, and giving the lakes more of a “naturalistic” shape.’ [i] The lakes are fed from a chalybeate spring that bubbles up from under a rock in the middle of the gardens, and flows through a stream into the top lake, and then tumbles over a waterfall, under a stone bridge, and into the lower lake. Continue reading “1871 – Titsey Place, Oxted, Surrey”
Gazetteer
Claude Hitching has now written lavishly illustrated articles on more than 100 gardens, parks and features created by James Pulham and Son. 60 of these have been published in his ‘Site of the Month’ series on this website, and these are indicated in the index below by their month of publication. The rest are discussed in his book, ‘Rock Landscapes: The Pulham Legacy’, so the links in that list only contain brief summaries of the relevant Chapters, which are identified by the book’s Chapter number. A listing of all the Chapters in the book is also contained in the ‘CONTENTS’ page of this website.
The following alphabetical cross-index provides direct links to all these articles, so that, for example, Belle Vue Park in Newport can be found under both ‘Belle Vue Park’ (the actual site name in italics) and ‘Newport’ (the town).
Ch 38 | 1915-30 | Abbots Pool, Abbots Leigh, Bristol |
Ch 26 | 1901-20 | Abbotswood, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire |
Jun-14 | 1887-91 | Acacias, The – Reading, Berkshire – (‘A Tale of Two Ferneries’) |
Aug-13 | 1892-97 | Aldenham House – Elstree, Hertfordshire |
Dec-11 | 1909 | Alness, Ross-shire – Ardross Castle |
Apr-14 | 1872-75 | Aquarium, The – Brighton, Sussex |
Dec-11 | 1909 | Ardross Castle – Alness, Ross-shire |
Jul-15 | 1898 | Argyll and Bute – Mount Stuart |
Aug-11 | 1898-99 | Ascot, Berkshire – Sunningdale Park |
Ch 37 | 1914-16 | Ashton Memorial Gardens, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire |
Ch 7 | 1867 | Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex |
May-15 | 1882 | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire – Halton House |
Ch 27 | 1902 | Batsford Arboretum, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos. |
Ch 6 | 1865-70 | Battersea Park, London |
Ch 19 | 1892-1900s | Bawdsey Manor, Bawdsey, Suffolk |
Dec-15 | 1845 | Bayfordbury, nr Hertford, Hertfordshire |
May-14 | 1879-85 | Bearwood College – Wokingham, Berkshire |
Sep-11 | 1866 | Bedwell Park – Essendon, Hertfordshire |
Ch 20 | 1893 | Belle Vue Park, Newport, Gwent, Wales |
Apr-13 | 1906-07 | Belper, Derbyshire – River Gardens |
Ch 1 | 1835-38 | Benington Lordship – Hertfordshire |
Jan-16 | 1883-85 | Benington, Hertfordshire – The Rectory |
Jan-13 | 1859-62 | Berry Hill – Taplow, Buckinghamshire |
Ch 23 | 1895-1908 | Blakesley Hall, Northamptonshire |
Jul-14 | 1885-93 | Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire |
Oct-15 | 1873 | Bolton, Lancashire – Smithills Hall |
Ch 39 | 1917-30 | Bracken Hill, Bristol |
Apr-14 | 1872-75 | Brighton, Sussex – The Aquarium |
Ch 38 | 1915-30 | Bristol – Abbots Pool, Abbots Leigh, |
Ch 39 | 1917-30 | Bristol – Bracken Hill |
Ch 2b | 1845 | Bristol – Church of St Mary Redcliffe |
Jan-14 | 1845 | Bristol, Avon – Church of St Mary Redcliffe |
Ch 31 | 1908-10 | Bristol, Avon – Rayne Thatch |
Jan-15 | 1865-71 | Bromley, Kent – Palace Gardens |
Feb-15 | 1873-74 | Bromley, Kent – Sundridge Park |
Ch 2b | 1855-57 | Broxbourne – St Augustine’s Church |
Ch 3 | 1845-49 | Broxbourne – The Manufactory |
Ch 30 | 1903-04 | Buckingham Palace, London |
Aug-14 | 1894-98 | Burslem Park and Hanley Park – Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs |
Nov-15 | 1901-03 | Bushey, Hertfordshire – Bushey House |
Ch 9 | 1872-76 | Cardiff, Wales – St Fagans Castle |
Feb-16 | 1891 | Carpenders Park – Watfrod, Hertfordshire |
Sep-14 | 1880 | Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire – Heythrop Park |
Dec-14 | 1827-49 | Churches in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire – (‘Working with Thomas Smith’) |
Ch 2b | 1849 | Clophill – St Mary’s Church |
Sep-15 | 1922-23 | Comrie, Perthshire – Dunira |
Feb-12 | 1899 | Coombe Wood – Croydon, Surrey |
Oct-14 | 1868-80s | Court Lodge – Lamberhurst, Kent |
Ch 15 | 1885-86 | Crawley, West Sussex – Worth Park |
Feb-12 | 1899 | Croydon, Surrey – Coombe Wood |
Oct-12 | 1859 | Danesbury Park – Welwyn, Hertfordshire |
Ch 28 | 1901-03 | Danesfield House, Medmenham, Surrey |
Mar-12 | 1869 | Darlington, Co Durham – Pierremont Park |
Sep-13 | 1902-05 | Davenham, Malvern, Worcestershire |
Ch 15 | 1888-1913 | Dell, The – Englefield Green, Surrey |
Ch 22 | 1895-1912 | Dewstow House, Caerwent, Wales |
Dec-12 | 1896-97 | Dorking, Surrey – Wotton House |
Oct-13 | 1880 | Dublin, Eire – St Stephen’s Green |
Sep-15 | 1922-23 | Dunira – Comrie, Perthshire |
Ch 5 | 1862-64 | Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells |
May-16 | 1902 | Dutton Homestall – East Grinstead, Sussex |
May-16 | 1902 | East Grinstead, Sussex, Dutton Homestall |
Jun-13 | 1909 | Elmstone Court – Preston, nr Canterbury, Kent |
Aug-13 | 1892-97 | Elstree, Hertfordshire – Aldenham House |
Ch 16 | 1888-1913 | Englefield Green, Surrey – The Dell |
Ch 18 | 1892-1914 | Epsom, Surrey – Ewell Court House |
Sep-11 | 1866 | Essendon, Hertfordshire – Bedwell Park |
Ch 18 | 1892-1914 | Ewell Court House, Nr Epsom, Surrey |
Apr-16 | 1929-33 | Exbury, Nr Southampton, Hampshire – Exbury Gardens |
Ch 40 | 1920-21 | Folkestone, Kent – The Leas, Zigzag Path |
Mar-13 | 1859-60 | Fonthill Abbey – Tisbury, Wiltshire |
Ch 24 | 1898-1912 | Friar Park, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire |
Jun-12 | 1910-12 | Gatton Park – Reigate, Surrey |
May-12 | 1891-94 | Gisselfeld, Denmark |
Ch 17 | 1890-91 | Glasgow – Ross Hall Park |
Ch 25 | 1902-07 | Guildford, Surrey – Merrow Grange |
Jun-15 | 1868-74 | Guisborough, North Yorkshire – Hutton Hall |
Aug-12 | 1874 | Gunnersbury Park – Hounslow, London |
May-15 | 1882 | Halton House – Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire |
Aug-14 | 1894-98 | Hanley Park and Burslem Park – Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs |
Ch 29 | 1902-05 | Heatherden Hall / Pinewood, Iver Heath, Bucks. |
Ch 24 | 1898-1912 | Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire – Friar Park |
Aug-15 | 1880 | Hertford, Hertfordshire – Ware Park Manor |
Sep-14 | 1880 | Heythrop Park – Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire |
Jan-12 | 1871 | High Leigh – Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire |
Mar-14 | 1871-1906 | Highland Gardens – New Barnet, Greater London |
Ch 4 | 1847-62 | Highnam Court, Gloucestershire |
Ch 2a | 1842-43 | Hoddesdon – Rawdon House |
Ch 2a | 1842-62 | Hoddesdon – Woodlsnds |
Jan-12 | 1871 | Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire – High Leigh |
Ch 13 | 1881-92 | Holly Hill Park, Sarisbury, Hampshire |
Jun-11 | 1890 | Horsham, Sussex – Leonardslee Gardens |
Aug-12 | 1874 | Hounslow, London – Gunnersbury Park |
Ch 1 | How It All Began | |
Jun-15 | 1868-74 | Hutton Hall – Guisborough, North Yorkshire |
Nov-14 | 1878-98 | Insole Court – Llandaff, Cardiff |
Ch 29 | 1902-05 | Iver Heath, Bucks. – Heatherden Hall / Pinewood |
Ch 1 | 1838 | James 1 – Untimely Death |
Ch 2a | 1845 | James 2 – Letters to ‘The Builder’ |
Jun-14 | 1887-91 | Juniper Hill– Mickleham, Dorking, Surrey – (‘A Tale of Two Ferneries’) |
Ch 2b | 1848 | Kilnwick Percy – Pocklington |
Ch 33 | 1911-15 | Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey – The Watergardens |
Ch 32 | 1908-12 | Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey – Warren House |
Nov-13 | 1896 | Knebworth House, Hertfordshire |
Oct-14 | 1868-80s | Lamberhurst, Kent – Court Lodge |
Jun-11 | 1890 | Leonardslee Gardens – Horsham, Sussex |
Apr-15 | 1889 | Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire – Piggot’s Manor |
Nov-14 | 1878-98 | Llandaff, Cardiff – Insole Court |
Sep-12 | 1864-71 | Lockinge, Wantage, Oxfordshire |
Ch 6 | 1865-70 | London – Battersea Park |
Ch 30 | 1903-04 | London – Buckingham Palace |
Oct-11 | 1895-99 | London – St James’s Park |
CH 1 | 1824-38 | London – The Early Years |
Ch 36 | 1912-31 | London – The Exhibitions |
Jul-13 | 1905-13 | London Zoo |
Mar-16 | 1873-74 | London, S.E. – An Exciting Discovery in S E London |
Apr-12 | 1909-10 | Luton, Bedfordshire – Luton Hoo |
Ch 37 | 1914-16 | Lytham St Annes, Lancashire – Promenade Gardens and Ashton Memorial Gardens |
Ch 21 | 1894 | Madeira Walk, Ramsgate, Kent |
Ch 11 | 1876-79 | Madresfield Court, Malvern, Worcestershire |
Sep-13 | 1902-05 | Malvern, Worcestershire – Davenham |
Ch 11 | 1876-79 | Malvern, Worcestershire – Madresfield Court |
Ch 28 | 1901-03 | Medmenham, Surrey – Danesfield House |
Ch 25 | 1902-07 | Merrow Grange, nesr Guildford, Surrey |
Mar-15 | 1878 | Mesnes Park – Wigan, Lancashire |
Jun-14 | 1887-91 | Mickleham, Dorking, Surrey – Juniper Hill- (‘A Tale of Two Ferneries’) |
Jul-15 | 1898 | Mount Stuart – Argyll and Bute |
Mar-14 | 1871-1906 | New Barnet, Greater London – Highland Gardens |
Jul-11 | 1858 | Newgate Street, Hertfordshire – Ponsbourne Manor |
Ch 20 | 1893 | Newport, Gwent, Wales – Belle Vue Park |
Ch 2b | 1820-70 | Obadiah Pulham – Apprentice and Artist |
Ch 2b | 1852-70 | Obadiah Pulham – Churches Around Europe |
Ch 10 | 1876 | Old Warden, Bedfordshire – Swiss Garden |
Nov-11 | 1871 | Oxted, Surrey – Titsey Place |
Jul-12 | 1873-80 | Park Hill – Streatham, London |
Mar-12 | 1869 | Pierremont Park – Darlington, Co Durham |
Apr-15 | 1889 | Piggot’s Manor – Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire |
Ch 29 | 1902-05 | Pinewood / Heatherden Hall, Iver Heath, Bucks. |
Ch 2b | 1848 | Pocklington – Kilnwick Percy |
Feb-14 | 1865-92 | Poles Park – Ware, Hertfordshire |
Jul-11 | 1858 | Ponsbourne Manor – Newgate Street, Hertfordshire |
Dec-13 | 1864-67 | Preston Parks, Lancashire |
Jun-13 | 1909 | Preston, nr Canterbury, Kent – Elmstone Court |
Ch 37 | 1914-16 | Promenade Gardens, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire |
Ch 21 | 1894 | Ramsgate, Kent – Madeira Walk |
Ch 41 | 1923-36 | Ramsgate, Kent – West Cliff Chine and Winterstoke Chine |
Ch 31 | 1908-10 | Rayne Thatch, Bristol, Avon |
Jun-14 | 1887-91 | Reading, Berkshire – The Acacias – (‘A Tale of Two Ferneries’) |
Jun-12 | 1910-12 | Reigate, Surrey – Gatton Park |
Ch 35 | 1911 | RHS Garden Wisley, near Woking, Surrey |
Ch 17 | 1890-91 | Ross Hall Park, Glasgow |
Ch 8 | 1868-1905 | Sandringham Royal Estate, Norfolk |
Ch 13 | 1881-92 | Sarisbury, Hampshire – Holly Hill Park |
Ch 14 | 1882-85 | Sheffield Park Garden, Uckfield, East Sussex |
Nov-12 | 1919-20 | Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire – Shipton Court |
Oct-15 | 1873 | Smithills Hall – Bolton, Lancashire |
Ch 9 | 1872-76 | St Fagans Castle, Nr Cardiff, Wales |
Oct-13 | 1880 | St Stephen’s Green – Dublin, Eire |
Ch 42 | 1934-36 | Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens, Buckinghamshire |
Aug-14 | 1894-98 | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire – Hanley Park and Burslem Park |
Ch 26 | 1901-20 | Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire – Abbotswood |
Jul-12 | 1873-80 | Streatham, London – Park Hill |
Feb-15 | 1873-74 | Sundridge Park – Bromley, Kent |
Aug-11 | 1898-99 | Sunningdale Park – Ascot, Berkshire |
Ch 10 | 1876 | Swiss Garden, Old Warden, Bedfordshire |
Jan-13 | 1859-62 | Taplow, Buckinghamshire – Berry Hill |
Feb-13 | 1874-75 | Tetbury, Gloucestershire – Westonbirt Manor |
Ch 43 | 1935-57 | The End of the Line – Closure of the Business |
Ch 40 | 1920-21 | The Leas, Zigzag Path, Folkestone, Kent |
Ch 34 | 1911-32 | The Node, Welwyn, Hertfordshire |
Ch 44 | 2005-10 | The Power of the Internet |
Ch 2a | 1842-62 | The Second Generation – Part 1 |
Ch 2b | 1845-70 | The Second Generation – Part 2 |
Mar-13 | 1859-60 | Tisbury, Wiltshire – Fonthill Abbey |
Nov-11 | 1871 | Titsey Place – Oxted, Surrey |
Ch 5 | 1862-64 | Tunbridge Wells – Dunorlan Park |
Ch 12 | 1881-92 | Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire |
Ch 2b | 1855 | Ware – Cemetery Chapel |
CH 1 | 1841 | Ware – Thunder Hall |
Aug-15 | 1880 | Ware Park Manor – Hertford, Hertfordshire |
Feb-14 | 1865-92 | Ware, Hertfordshire – Poles Park |
Ch 32 | 1908-12 | Warren House, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey |
Ch 33 | 1911-15 | Watergardens, The, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey |
Feb-16 | 1891 | Watfrod, Hertfordshire – Carpenders Park |
May-13 | 1862-67 | Welbeck Abbey – Worksop, Nottinghamshire |
Oct-12 | 1859 | Welwyn, Hertfordshire – Danesbury Park |
Ch 34 | 1911-32 | Welwyn, Hertfordshire – The Node |
Ch 2a | 1844-45 | West Hyde – Church of St Thomas of Canterbury |
Feb-13 | 1874-75 | Westonbirt Manor – Tetbury, Gloucestershire |
Mar-15 | 1878 | Wigan, Lancashire – Mesnes Park |
Mat-15 | 1879-85 | Wokingham, Berkshire – Bearwood College |
Ch 1 | 1793-1824 | Woodridge – The Early Years |
May-13 | 1862-67 | Worksop, Nottinghamshire – Welbeck Abbey |
Ch 15 | 1885-86 | Worth Park, Crawley, West Sussex |
Dec-12 | 1896-97 | Wotton House – Dorking, Surrey |