Raveningham Hall

Raveningham Hall Gardens is a charming red-brick Georgian house, home of Sir Nicholas Bacon and his family. Although parts of the 18th century garden remain, Raveningham Hall Gardens are predominately a 20th century masterpiece.

This fascinating plantsman's garden was laid out by Sir Nicholas Bacon's mother, Priscilla Bacon, in the 1950s and is filled with rare plants, shrubs and trees. There are superb yew hedges backing wide herbaceous borders and collections of old roses in the Edwardian Rose Garden.

The kitchen garden is 200 years old and in the recently restored Victorian Conservatory there are peaches, vines, figs and jasmine as well as an area for raising plants for the house.

The old melon pits have also been restored and Sir Nicholas and Lady Bacon have developed a new herb garden, planted an arboretum, introduced contemporary sculptures and created a lake to celebrate the millennium.

The 14th Century St Andrews Church stands just outside the Gardens and is well worth a visit.