Bramham Park Commissions Haycock

Haycock have been commissioned to explore the restoration potential of water features at Bramham Park. The park is situated between Leeds and York, approximately 5 miles south of Wetherby. The house was built in 1698 and its landscape was shaped over the following 30 years by Robert Benson, the 1st Lord Bingley. The garden is a mix of a formal and informal “natural” style which evolved due to changing tastes and fashions, including the addition of vistas and outlying buildings, known as “eye catchers”. Bramham is one of the few gardens from this period that remains in the early 18th Century style.

Following the completion of a Conservation Management Plan by The Landscape Agency,  which identified key features of the park and planning for their future conservation aims, Haycock were asked to look into the future of the hydrology of the site. This includes scoping the site and its historic water features with regards to restoring them. This new project aims to take forward the existing knowledge and add more detail to it, by providing water balance modelling and preliminary designs. Ultimately the aim is to manage the restoration of Bramham Park’s water features to their former glory. This will be achieved through the restoration of ponds, cascades and hydraulic connections, but will also include new water recirculation systems that provide climate change resilience to the site.

Haycock have over 15 years experience working with organisations such as The National Trust and English Heritage, restoring historic landscapes and their water features. We are very much looking forward to completing this work and seeing the project through to implementation.