Small town garden, thought to be unaltered since C18 creation; certainly little changed since OS 1st edition; mixture of decorative and kitchen planting.

Small and elaborate C18 garden on a sloping site described by Horace Walpole as “little, but pretty … a very diminutive principality with large pretentions”. Surviving C18 features include a round temple, terracing, yew avenue, and kitchen garden. Periphery of landscape now encroached upon by modern built development.

C19 garden and small park. Avenue of limes, terraced lawn and balustrade, shrubbery walk, beds, and specimen trees survive from C19 layout created for Charles Adam Kemble, maintained at reduced level.

A grassed oval with a large London plane tree in the centre. Enclosed by listed buildings on three sides.

C18 Park designed by ‘Capability’ Brown 1761, modified by Humphry Repton. Features a chain of lakes, linked by cascades, amongst hanging woods. Approach re-designed by Repton. Other features – Mount, Icehouse, large walled kitchen garden, remains of Orangery, and fine specimen trees in the parkland. The Site and buildings are the main campus of Bath Spa University.

Parish Cemetery Land donated by Beckford’s daughter in 1847 to the rector of Walcot. Adjoins Beckford’s tower. Beckford’s tomb relocated here from abbey Cemetery 1848. 2019 –  Beckford’s Tower placed on the Heritage at Risk Register

Municipal park, laid out 1883-89 0n site of Georgian housing destroyed by landslip in the 1860’s and 70’s. Bandstand (LBII) and wrought iron drinking fountain c.1889 massive retaining walls boundary with fine railings on London Street.

Spectacularly sited Italianate garden, with Prior Park acting as eye-catcher: framework created by the Tugwell family mid C19, present character created since 1961 by the late Sir Sidney and Lady Barratt. Elaborate features include the lawn and formal pool, surrounded by balustrade, urns and statuary, grotto and water garden, terraces, Italian garden; mulberry courtyard and nut courtyard; children’s garden; kitchen garden.