The Grounds

A walk through the gardens.

Two and a half acres, laid out around water. Follow the path the way visitors do — through the gate, past the mill pond, over the bridges, to the lake and the lawns beyond.

A weathered timber garden gate, half-open between tall planting

I · The Gate

Through the gate, the sound of the road gives way to water.

The pond at Netley Mill House ringed with clipped shrubs, a lamp post at its edge

II · The Mill Pond

Lilies hold the surface. The house keeps its distance.

Timber rail bridges over the water gardens at Netley Mill House

III · The Bridges

Stone crossings, worn smooth. Every one a vantage point.

The lake at Netley Mill House, wide and still under overhanging willows

IV · The Lake

The heart of the grounds. Still enough to double the sky.

Open lawn held in by weeping willows, a small arched footbridge beyond

V · The Lawns

Flat, open ground held in by old trees. Room for a marquee, or for nothing at all.

And the rest

The corners the walk misses.

The old mill and its outbuildings. Woodland running along the boundary. And a different garden every season — blossom, full leaf, copper, frost.

The old mill wheel against a brick outbuilding — The Mill

Sunlight through the willows at the water's edge — Under the Willows

A path bending into sunlit woodland at the edge of the grounds — The Woodland Edge

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