The Carden estate was bought by Steve Morgan in 1995 and the first thing the Redrow plc founder did was to build Carden Park Hotel and Golf Resort, setting aside land for a family home – Carden Hall.
“The only provision he made for the hall at that stage was to plant the lime avenue,” says his wife Sally, “to ensure there was an established driveway for when he came to build the hall.
“There was no property there at all, the previous house had burnt down; just fields and a man-made lake, created in the late 19th century and seeded with oysters as a source of food for the household. Now you find huge oyster shells around the banks, left there by the resident otters.
“Steve had the hall designed by the architect Julian Bicknell, and obviously was deeply involved in the design detail and build. It’s a real masterpiece. It’s a completely new build, and the greatest compliment anyone can give Steve is when they ask how long it took to refurbish the hall – when it was actually built in 2004.”
Starting new gardens for such a grand building is quite a challenge. Where did they begin?
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