The client: Burghley House Preservation Trust
The site: Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, is arguably one of the finest surviving Elizabethan houses in England. The house was built by William Cecil, Queen Elizabeth’s Lord High Treasurer, construction began in 1555 and...
The site: Munden Parva, Dane End, Hertfordshire.
The brief: Munden Parva is a Georgian Grade II listed former Rectory with approximately 82ha of arable, pasture and woodland, with great potential for wildlife through enhanced management. Maydencroft arboriculturalists were asked to...
The client: Ivor and Vaughan Williams; land at Tewin Water House, Hertfordshire.
The brief: To bring the Grade II listed parkland at Tewin Water back into good management, whilst remaining faithful to Humphry Repton’s 1799 design.
Our solution: We produced...
The client: Fawsley Estate Settlement.
The brief: Protected species surveys were required as part of a project to restore the Grade II* kitchen garden complex at Fawsley Hall.
Our solution: Regular site meetings were held with the Fawsley Estate team...
The site: Following a devastating fire on Good Friday 1963, only a small archway now remains of the 18th century manor house which once stood at the centre of the estate. The park that surrounds the house was planted with...
The client: Princess Helena College, Preston, Hertfordshire.
The brief: Princess Helena College approached Maydencroft to produce a restoration plan for the Gertrude Jekyll designed orchard, at the college on the historic site of Temple Dinsley.
Our solution: A comprehensive management...
The site: Small picturesque pasture farm near Underriver, Kent.
The brief: The small farm, containing species-rich lowland grassland, hedgerows that support Dormice, and a network of ponds and wet grassland, required help to make sensitive management of the farm viable...
The site: St Ibbs Park, Hertfordshire.
The brief: Over the years the lake has been affected by a gradual build-up of silt, which, coupled with a lower water table, has meant that the lake had disappeared. Our brief was to...
The client: Clouds Hill Farm, Hertfordshire.
The brief: Our client approached us to produce a Higher Level Stewardship application and English Woodland Grant Scheme application for the estate. The scheme focused on enhancing biodiversity with a return to grazing in...
The site: St. Margaret's is a girls independent school, founded in 1749 which boasts a combination of historic buildings and modern facilities across its 74 acre site.
The brief: Maydencroft were commissioned to construct a wooden walkway over the school's...
The site: Lulworth Estate.
The brief: The restoration of over 1400 metres of estate railings around the castle, stables and visitor centre.
Our solution: We stripped back old and decaying paintwork with wire brushes and grinders, re-welded the joints and...
The site: The estate stands just outside St. Albans in Hertfordshire. The house was designed by the architect Robert Taylor in the 1770s, and the family has lived there ever since.
The brief: To supply and install several types of...
The site: A privately owned rural and commercial estate which has been in the same family's ownership for 200 years. It is situated in a triangle between Hertford, Stevenage and Ware, and so lies within easy reach of London, but...
The client: Luton Hoo Estate, Hertfordshire.
The brief: To lay paths along the original routes suitable for vehicles and machinery whilst remaining in keeping with the garden.
Our solution: To excavate very deep foundations for the paths and then bring...