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Open day, 5th July 2015

The water garden was designed by John Hogg of Halifax, on behalf of Halifax Water Corporation in compensation for building the nearby reservoirs.

Situate in Trevelyan Square off Boar Lane.

Slide 7 - Across the road which divides the grounds, and passing through a pair of massive gate piers, we reach a lower garden.

A circular fountain is a central object where the water plays over a bed of water lilies. As seen from the south porch…

Slide 14 - There is a fine courtyard at the rear, paved with flags and in the centre is a stone fountain and basin, erected in 1857 to commemorate the visit of Lord Lewisham.

Slide 15 - A long, low roofed building with projecting windows, and supported on stone pillars, stands at the west side of the courtyard. This is probably the most ancient part of the building, of the Tudor or Plantagenet era.

Such a house as…