The De La Val family came to England with the Norman Conquest, and were granted their estate in the north-east in AD 1080. The only surviving relic of this early period is the Norman Church of Our Lady, which stands to the south-west of the ... To the west lies the Rose Garden, created for Lady Hastings in the 1950s. This contains more than a dozen species of rose, laid out in beds separated by a boxwood hedge. Beyond this, and at a lower level, is a log, narrow garden, ...
