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. A strategy to address lapsed woodland and grassland management, restore the character and legibility of the designed landscape, and improve the condition of individual features is being developed.
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
Contact Details
Christopher Laine 020 7973 3473
