C18 woodland garden. Laid out c1775 when house was built as a picturesque and romantic landscape. Strawberry Hill Gothic tea-room (‘The Priory’) and ornamental walks survive from original layout. Early C19 Gothic greenhouse and embattled gateways and lodge. Since 1901 estate has been broken up.
Now in use as hotel and wellness centre
- Text References
The Bath Magazine "The history of Midford Castle". January 2023
- Associated Buildings
House (LB I) and Priory (LB II) 1775, possibly by John Carter, for Henry Disney Roebuck; Gothic greenhouse (LB II) 1810; gate piers
(LB II) 1810; lodge (LB II) 1810, all for Charles Connolly.