Description:Between 1803 and 1809 George Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquis of Stafford and first Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833) undertook extensive alterations to Trentham Hall and Gardens, employing the architect Charles Heathcote Tatham.
Sue Gregory describes the addition of a small formal garden with a fountain and gravel walks made on the south side of the Hall. This new garden was screened by shrubbery and a conservatory.
In 1809 the Uttoxeter Surveyor Samuel Botham completed a survey of the Marquis of Stafford’s Trentham Estate, producing the map which is featured above. Trentham Hall appears in the centre of the township of Trentham on the map, coloured in red. The lake and the layout of the Gardens can be seen, including a private area bordered with trees or shrubs which appears just above the Hall on Botham’s map.
Contextual Information featured on pages relating to Trentham Gardens has been provided by Sue Gregory who has been instrumental in the research and selection of documents for this section. Sue has been part of the management team of Staffordshire Gardens & Parks Trust since its creation in 1992 and has over fourteen years of experience researching Trentham Gardens in the Sutherland Papers.