Grounds and Garden of Witley Court

 garden, manor (land), English Heritage

Witley Court was once one of the great country houses of the Midlands. William Nesfield designed the garden. He started work in 1854, creating the south parterre with the Perseus and Andromeda fountain. His planning involved elegantly designed plantations of clipped evergreens and shrubs. The central avenue of planting from the house led through the fountains to the Golden Gates, terminating the south parterre. The East Parterre garden with its Flora Fountain was designed in the Parterre de Broderie style, with box-edged shapes filled with coloured gravel and flowers.

Following the fire in 1937 the Witley Estate, including its gardens, fell into long decline. English Heritage has now restored the south garden.