Holiday Let

Holiday Let : Hoveton Hall East Wing

The East Wing of Hoveton Hall is available for holiday lets via Norfolk Country Cottages. It sleeps 2 - 6 people in large roomed accommodation.

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The Gardens (please click on each picture for more information)

The Spider Garden
	This walled garden has been known as the “Spider Garden” ever since the ornamental wrought iron Spider’s Web gate was made in 1936 by Eric Stevenson. As you enter the garden you will see formal herbaceous borders bursting with colour during the summer months. At the centre of the garden is a circular flint spider web edged with box (1998 by landscape gardener James Smith).
The Old Kitchen Garden
	Leaving the Spider Garden through the west wall gate you will see the Knot Garden planted with box, santolina and rosemary. Then passing through the Laburnum Arch you enter the re-designed core of this one-acre walled garden. The circular design, created by Tessa Hobbs, picks up on the theme of the Spider’s web next door. Three Hoveton gardeners constructed the brick edge beds in 2002 and turf was laid in Spring 2003.
The Clematis Walk
	This narrow border, predominatly blue, yellow and white lies between the “Spider Garden” and the orchard. Several varieties of Clematis have been planted along the wall together with shrubs such as Ceanothus, Azara and Myrtus. The adjacent orchard contains a number of old-fashioned Apple varieties, Walnuts and Mulberry.
Woodland Walk
	Ashmanhaugh Wood gives you a chance to explore a fine collection of mature Rhododendrons and Azaleas which thrive beneath the canopy of Silver Birch, Sweet Chestnut, Oak and Scots Pine. The elusive White Admiral butterfly breeds here as well as Purple Hairstreak and Speckled Wood. Around one hundred species of bird are seen on the estate each year.
The Magnolia Garden and Lake
	This garden is dominated by the fine Magnolia x soulangeana that stands in the middle of the central bed. This large spreading shrub bears many fragrant goblet-shaped blooms in spring before it leaves emerge. The Lake, which would have been dug by hand in the eighteenth century, offers a particularly tranquil walk with Rhododendrons and huge Weeping Willows providing splendid reflective colours on sunny days. Leading from this walk are the more adventurous woodland paths across bridges and dykes to the Water Garden.
The Ice Well
	The ice well at Hoveton Hall was built during the 18th century and is a Grade II Listed Monument. Its design is typical of many to be found across the country. It consists of a cylindrical brick-lined pit in the ground, 2.4 metres in diameter and 4 metres deep. This gives it a capacity of about 18 cubic metres. It has a domed roof to control the circulation of air, which is covered with a layer of earth. The floor slopes down to a central drain, which allows water to escape.
The Kidney Lake
	The Kidney Lake was excavated by hand in the 1920s as a further feature to the extended Water Gardens. It depends for its water on natural drainage from the surrounding land and as a result the level fluctuates according to the weather. The island is often used by nesting waterfowl and the lake provides a safe nursery for ducklings in spring. It is also a popular spawning ground for frogs and toads. Kingfisher and Grey Heron sometimes visit the lake to feed, and small waders can drop in on passage.
The Arboretum
	During 2004 this area of parkland was planted with some new additions to our collection of over 200 specimen trees. The species here have been selected to provide interest throughout the year. Several of the trees have blossom in spring, including the Japanese Crab Malus floribunda, the Whitebeam Sorbus aria Lutescens’ and cherries such as Prunus sargentii and P. serrula. The dogwoods such as Cornus kousa bloom in early summer, followed by the Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera. The Indian Bean Tree Catalpa bignonioides and The Pride of India Koelreuteria paniculata flower in late summer.