Forty Hall - Enfield

Mid-to-late C18 pleasure grounds overlaying C17 formal gardens focussed on Forty Hall, built 1629-36 for Sir Nicholas Rainton, and set within a C18 landscape park developed over a C16 royal palace and associated water gardens. Owned and managed by the Local Authority as a country park, with the Home Farm and ferme ornée to the west (outside of the registered area) leased to a horticultural college. The Local Authority is developing a strategy to address lapsed woodland and grassland management, restore landscape character and design legibility, and improve the condition of individual features.

Site Details

Designated Site Name:

Forty Hall

Heritage Category:

Registered Park and Garden grade II

List Entry Number:

1001357

Local Planning Authority:

Enfield

Site Type:

Gardens parks and urban spaces > Landscape park

Location

Locality:

Enfield

County:

Greater London

District / Borough:

Enfield

Parliamentary Constituency:

Enfield North

Region:

London and South East

Assessment Information

Assessment Type:

Park and garden

Condition:

Generally satisfactory but with significant localised problems

Vulnerability:

High

Trend:

Declining

Ownership:

Local authority

Designation:

Registered Park and Garden grade II, 5 LBs, part in SM, CA