Hascombe Court

Hascombe Court is an English country house on a 172-acre estate in Surrey with a Grade II listed main house built from local Bargate stone. The property is surrounded by formal gardens and natural woodland, with five additional listed garden buildings including a circular tennis pavilion and gazebo, all connected by gravel paths and structured plantings.

The house was built between 1906 and 1907 by architect J. D. Coleridge for Robert E. A. Murray. Major garden transformations followed in the 1920s under Sir John Jarvis.

The gardens were designed by Gertrude Jekyll and Percy Cane, two renowned garden designers who shaped formal terraces, a sunken garden, and Japanese-style water features. These spaces define the estate today and show how different garden styles blend together across the grounds.

The estate is laid out with gravel paths connecting different garden sections, making it easy to explore on foot. Both the formal areas and woodland sections are accessible, with pathways of varying ease depending on your route.

Unemployed miners from Jarrow were brought to construct the Japanese water and rock garden in the 1920s. This project linked social relief with the creation of one of the estate's most striking garden features.

GPS coordinates: 51.15043,-0.58245

Latest update: December 12, 2025 07:51