Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill is a National Trust property situated just north of Temple Sowerby, near Penrith, Cumbria, England.[1]
The garden features over 250 medicinal and culinary herbs and is protected by ancient oaks and high walls. There are orchards with old varieties of English fruit. The estate includes a partially restored functioning watermill.[2]
It was left to the trust in 1950 by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, a popular author in the Yorkshire dialect, who bought and restored the house and garden. The house was known for some time as Temple Sowerby Manor before the National Trust reverted to its original name of Acorn Bank in 1969.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Acorn Bank | Lake District". National Trust. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Acorn Bank Watermill". The Traditional Cornmillers Guild. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ Thomas, Graham Stuart. Gardens of The National Trust. Book Club Associates by arrangement with Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 93.
External links
edit- Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill information at the National Trust
- Historic England. "Acorn Bank Mill with associated weir (1265726)". National Heritage List for England.
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