It contains a mix of large native and exotic trees with evergreen shrub underplanting. The pleasure ground lies to the south-east of the Hall, surrounding the walled garden and linking it by walks to the formal gardens and to the lake. In 1841 Grigor described the area as 'a flower garden, after the old formal Dutch style, but capable of great improvement', a treatment it is said to have received at the hand of William Andrews Nesfield (1793-1881) in the mid C19 (CL 1993).

At the north-west end of the lawn are four rows of upright yews, the remains of the early C19 formal planting. The grass rises again to form a raised terrace, originally gravelled, with low balustrade looking over the park to the lake. A formal garden lies on the south-west front, comprising an upper gravelled terrace with central steps leading down to a sunken lawn cut with flower beds. The gardens and pleasure grounds at Kimberley are small in relation to the size of the mansion and its park, covering c 5ha including the walled kitchen garden. This is now used as an agricultural yard. The east wing, with its central clock tower, formed the southern arm of the stable courtyard which lies beyond to the north. The west service wing is now (late C20) used as the estate office. The four towers are an addition of 1755, added by Thomas Prowse for Sir Armine Wodehouse. The flanking service wings were designed and built at the same time but remained separate from the mansion until the architect Anthony Salvin was commissioned by the second Baron Wodehouse in 1835 when the curving colonnades were added. The central core of the mansion was designed by the architect William Talman for Sir John Wodehouse in c 1712. The west and east wings are attached to the main building on this side by curving single-storey colonnades. It comprises a central rectangular core with towers at each corner, and two-storey flanking service wings to the north-east on either side of the entrance front.

Kimberley Hall is a large red-brick and stone-dressed country mansion, sitting to the east of centre of a large park. The other two, unmarked entrances are further to the east along the southern boundary. Two of these entrances are marked by lodges: the squared flint and tile School Lodge beside St Peter's church in Kimberley, c 2km to the west-south-west of the Hall and the picturesque whitewash and thatch Crowthorpe or Attleborough Lodge (listed grade II) c 1km to the south-west. All are now grass tracks through woodland or farmland. Kimberley originally had four further drives, all entering the park at various points along the southern boundary. The drive, lined on either side by narrow strips of woodland, runs west-south-west to arrive at the north-east front where it encloses a central oval lawn. Kimberley Hall is approached from the east, c 740m east-north-east of the Hall, off the Carleton Forehoe to Wymondham road through elaborate wrought-iron gates which link twin single-storey early C19 lodges. There is a gentle slope south-west from the Hall to the lake and more dramatic slopes to the north on either side of the river valley. The ground at Kimberley lies on either side of the River Tiffey which flows approximately from south to north through the park. Elsewhere boundaries join the surrounding farmland and much of the park is encircled by woodland blocks and perimeter belts. It is bounded to the north-east by the Carleton Forehoe to Wymondham road, partly to the north by the B1108 Watton to Norwich road and partly to the south-west by the Kimberley to Wymondham road. The registered site covers c 240ha of parkland, woodland, and farmland set in rural Norfolk countryside. Kimberley Hall lies c 4km to the north-west of the town of Wymondham, on the north-east side of the B1135 Wymondham to East Dereham road. LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING For the most up-to-date Register entry, please visit the The National Heritage List for England (NHLE):Īn early C18 house with formal garden attributed to W A Nesfield, set in a park laid out by Lancelot Brown between 17. The following is from the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. The park contains many mature trees, including an oak that dates from 1373, and once contained the largest ash tree in England. Kimberley Hall has a landscape park, lake and woodland of 240 hectares laid out between 17 by Lancelot Brown.

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