Peckover House & Garden
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Peckover House & Garden is a National Trust
property located in North Brink, Wisbech
, Cambridgeshire
, England
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Peckover House was built in 1722 and bought by Jonathan Peckover at the end of the 18th century. Alexander Peckover was created Baron Peckover
of Wisbech
in 1907. The Peckovers, a Quaker banking family and owners of the Peckover Bank, presented the building to the National Trust
in 1948.
The exterior of the house gives little idea of the elaborate and elegant interior of fine panelled rooms, Georgian fireplaces with carved over-mantels, and ornate plaster decorations
At the back of the house is a beautiful 0.8 ha (2 acre) Victorian walled garden
with interesting and rare trees, delightful summer houses and fruiting orange trees, thought to be 300 years old, roses, herbaceous border
s, fernery, croquet lawn and 17th-century reed thatched barn.
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
property located in North Brink, Wisbech
Wisbech
Wisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Peckover House was built in 1722 and bought by Jonathan Peckover at the end of the 18th century. Alexander Peckover was created Baron Peckover
Baron Peckover
Baron Peckover, of Wisbech in the County of Cambridge, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 July 1907 for the banker and philanthropist Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover. He was Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire from 1894 to 1907...
of Wisbech
Wisbech
Wisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
in 1907. The Peckovers, a Quaker banking family and owners of the Peckover Bank, presented the building to the National Trust
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
in 1948.
The exterior of the house gives little idea of the elaborate and elegant interior of fine panelled rooms, Georgian fireplaces with carved over-mantels, and ornate plaster decorations
At the back of the house is a beautiful 0.8 ha (2 acre) Victorian walled garden
Walled garden
A walled garden is specifically a garden enclosed by high walls for horticultural rather than security purposes, though traditionally all gardens have been hedged about or walled for protection from animal or human intruders...
with interesting and rare trees, delightful summer houses and fruiting orange trees, thought to be 300 years old, roses, herbaceous border
Herbaceous border
A herbaceous border is a collection of perennial herbaceous plants arranged closely together, usually to create a dramatic effect through colour, shape or large scale. The term herbaceous border is mostly in use in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth...
s, fernery, croquet lawn and 17th-century reed thatched barn.
Popular culture
- Peckover House was the inspiration for John GordonJohn Gordon (author)John Gordon is an English writer of adolescent supernatural fiction. He is the author of fifteen fantasy novels , four short story collections, over fifty short stories and a teenage memoir....
's 1970 novel, The House on the Brink. - The film was the subject of an episode of a BBC documentary on National Trust gardens, in 1992, produced by Peter Seabrook.
- The house has been used for a number of films, including Dean Spanley.