Elegant garden 'touched with antiquity'. Good Gardens Guide 2000. Unusual garden appealing to those with historical interest in individual collections of plant groups: March-old primroses, daffodils, Victorian double flowered hyacinths and first garden hellebore hybrids. May-old English tulips, Crown Imperials. Aug-Victorian pelargonium, heliotrope, calceolaria, Red list for Plant Heritage.