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‘Fernery, Cliff, Waterfalls, Sea Lion’s Den, Fairy Cave, Rocky Stream, Aquarium Tanks’.   Fernery now demolished, but rockwork in display tanks and balustrading still exist.   There is a ‘Brighton Vase’ and ‘Brighton Sundial’ listed in the firm’s Catalogue – none of these remain.   Open all year round.

See Chapter 14.

Early c19 cascade by Lewis Kennedy.   Rock Garden (late c19) below the dam of the lake.  FR Diary:  1911-12 –  ‘Repairs to bridge damaged by floods’   Pumps by Green and Carter.   EH Registered Park and Garden.

Rocky bank, grotto and fernery.   Unconfirmed but almost certainly genuine.

See Chapter 13.

There is a large natural rock garden here, and a Lower Pond, both of which are very Pulhamesque in style.   I have no proof that they actually created these gardens, but my feelings are very strong about this.

‘Waterfalls and Ferneries’.   Now the Town Hall and Civic Centre, the gardens only contain a very small sample of Pulham’s work, in the form of some rockwork near the old well along the edge of the lake.

‘Chasm, Fernery, Alpinery, Cliff’.    Good condition, but now a private Management Centre – and not open to the public.      EH Registered Park and Gardens.

See Chapter 40.

FR Diary:  1902 – ‘Glen, stone bridge and falls’.

See Chapter 21.

See Chapter 41.

See Chapter 5.

Rocky Pass, Banks, Cliff, Fernery.    The Pass and banks still exist in good condition, but not accessible by the public.

Rocky stream and waterfall feeding pond.   The features have thankfully been largely restored.

Revetting (lining) of stream around House, large grotto, bridges and cascade in stream, greenhouse and ferneries, ornamental wall along South Terrace, and probably restoration of main Fountain and Temple.   EH Registered Park and Gardens.

See Chapter 16.

FR Diary:  1906 – ‘Waterfall, outlet to lake’.

See Chapter 18.

See Chapter 25.

See Chapter 33.

See Chapter 32.

Used to be the home of a wonderful Pulham fernery, but time has taken its toll.   Private property, and not open to the public, but its present owner is doing his utmost to restore it to its former glory.

Waterfalls, Rocks, Bridge in Stone and Artificial Stone.   To be restored by EBA   EH Registered Park and Gardens.

Unstratified rock garden, with pools etc, and a Japanese garden at a far corner of the grounds.    Designed by H E Milner.

See Chapter 35.

Small rock feature and banks around pond.

See Chapter 15.

Charming mixture of the formal and ‘naturalistic’ styles, and were all probably constructed by Pulhams.   There is a lily pond and summerhouse etc in the formal garden, and a rock garden, stream and ponds, with occasional outcrops of Pulhamite in the outlying areas.   Apart from the rock garden, which is now derelict, everything is in excellent condition.  Not open to the public.    Testimonial in Garden Catalogue.

The Rock Garden at Leonardslee, near Horsham, West Sussex, was until recently maintained in excellent condition, but Leonardslee has now changed hands, and is no longer open to the public.   Pumps by Green and Carter.   EH Registered Park and Garden.   Featured as Site of the Month in June 2011)