Hackwood Park

Hackwood Park is a large country estate that primarily consists of an early 18th-century ornamental woodland and formal lawn garden and a large detached house. It is within the boundaries of Winslade, an overwhelmingly rural parish immediately south of Basingstoke in Hampshire. In its 260-acre (110 ha) grounds contain 23 separately listed structures including a teahouse pavilion, an ornamental bridge, statue of George I of Great Britain, three dispersed stone tōrōs, five urns and two fountains, a coach house and stables. Sheep and deer are tended to on grounds behind a variously arc-shaped and straight ha-ha wall.

Hackwood Park
Hackwood Park as altered by Lewis Wyatt
General information
TypeManor
Town or cityBasingstoke, Hampshire
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates51.242311°N 1.074211°W / 51.242311; -1.074211
Construction started1683
Completed1687

The park and gardens are Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens and the 51,681 sq ft (4,801.3 m2) main house is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England.

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