3-070-903 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Normanton Park, Rutlandshire - view on the lawn, 1881. View of '...Lord Aveland's principal seat in Rutland...The gardens and grounds are tastefully laid out, from designs by Repton; and, on the lawn near to the Ball-Room, shown in our sketch, is an ancient cedar of Lebanon, of huge size and in full vigour. On the opposite side of the lawn still grows an old mulberry-tree, the fallen limbs of which are carefully attended to. Various statues adorn this lawn, and a fernery is also an attractive addition. The well-walled kitchen-gardens adjoin this lawn. In the park are some noble avenues of oaks, and other hard wood trees, many of which are of great dimensions; and, on the outskirts of the park, in addition to newly-erected cottages for labourers, are extensive workshops, with wood-working machinery, driven by steam-power. These have been erected by Lord Aveland for the execution of the various building operations on his estates in Rutland and Lincolnshire; and upwards of a hundred skilled workmen are here employed, under the direction of Mr. Newman, clerk of the works'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.