I’ve just had a lovely day out with my Women’s Institute visiting Thornton Hall gardens…
Wow! They are stunning, they only open a few days a year, there are two more days left (13th and 17th July) if you are within striking distance of Darlington it is well worth a visit.
We have just had a wonderful day visiting Thornton Hall Gardens. There were thirty three of us on the coach and having had a good journey up we had plenty of time for a coffee in Richmond and a stretch of our legs, some even managed a quick visit to Millgate House garden before going on to Thornton Hall
Thornton Hall is a Grade 1 listed building, with parts of it dating back to 1550, the effect of the window tax of 1696 is very much apparent with lots of windows blocked up. The gardens are surprisingly new, until the mid 1990’s it was a field for cattle and sheep, Sue decided she wanted to create a family garden and with no previous experience and no grand plan, she started to create beds. Much of garden we see today was only developed in the last 10 to 15 years.
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The gardens look amazing! I read about coach trips to view stately homes and gardens, or descriptions of garden tours in novels, and now you’ve kindly “taken me along.” Thank you for a lovely trip!
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