New Eco Housing, Sudbourne Park, Suffolk

The Site
Introduction
The proposal is for enabling development for
the restoration of the walled garden and the
historic landscape of Sudbourne Park as described
in the Landscape Partnership’s enabling
development report and conservation/management
plan.
The walled garden lies to the west of the
original stable blocks and to the east of Bothy
Yard. The stable blocks have been converted
into individual flats whereas Bothy Yard consists
o a series of small comercial units. On the s/w
corner of the site lies Bothy House which is a
two storey brick dwelling.
The walled garden itself measures 130m long
by 60m wide. It has an east/west orientation
which would increase it’s southern exposure
hence reducing the chance of any structures
inside it from overshadowing each other.
The eastern most part of the walled garden is
not included within this proposal as it has been
leased to the residents of the already restored
and converted stable blocks.
Currently, access into the walled garden is via
two main entry points on the west side, from
Bothy Yard, and from the south. There is a small
doorway into the walled garden in the middle
of the north wall.
Inside the walled garden there are remnants of
an old greenhouse and a circular water collector.
The remains of the original victorian lean-to
green houses and potting sheds are outside
the southern wall on the west side however
there are no remains of the greenhouses that
originally existed on the opposite side.
The perimeter brick walls are in poor condition
and their demise is inevitable unless they are
restored.
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