Otley Hall
With fifteenth century origins, Otley Hall stands in the remains of a quadrangular moat. Much reduced in size, once the home of the Gosnold family. Important and well-connected, it is believed the 1606 voyage to establish the settlement of Jamestown, USA, was planned at Otley. A small moated island lies west of the Hall that may have been a remote ornamental garden retreat for the family. In the late-seventeenth century it became a farmhouse until reverting to a private home in the early-twentieth century. Much of what is seen in the gardens today dates back to this period, including the work of landscape designer Francis Inigo Thomas who created an H-shaped canal. At the end of the twentieth century Sylvia Landsberg was consulted on the creation of the knot garden and other features with a ground maze added in the early-twenty-first century.
Gardens open to the public on specific days for charity
