GARDENS & GROUNDS
GARDENS AND GROUNDS
Ingleby Manor is surrounded by its own gardens and grounds but is also in a naturally secluded position. On three sides the 1000 foot high Cleveland Hills rise to the moors and create an amphitheatre around the Greenhow valley, and on the fourth, a half-mile private avenue connects the house to Ingleby village and the outside world.
It is a retreat for all seasons. In Spring, wood anemones, bluebells and wild garlic make a spectacular carpet under the lime trees along the avenue on the approach to Ingleby Manor, and as you reach the house, masses of wild daffodils “nod their heads in sprightly dance”. In Summer, the herbaceous borders in the walled garden are at their best and create a perfect setting for games of croquet, barbeques or just relaxing in the sun.
Autumn is certainly full of mellow fruitfulness here as the orchard provides more apples than we, or the birds, can cope with, and we have seen deer in the garden actually eating the apples off the trees.
In Winter, brisk walks in pure, clear air and sparkling snow work up an appetite, and the mood for enjoying a good book by the fire in the freedom of your own home from home.
Children delight in the ponies (Prince and Pandora), miniature donkeys (Meghan and Ivor), ducks, waterhens, rabbits and hedgehogs wandering about in the traffic-free environment, and pheasants and wild roe deer come up to the house from the woods, where countless birds, including a hoopoe in May 1995, also hide.
Ingleby Beck winds its way through the grounds on its way from the hills to join the River Leven and fishermen can pit their wits against the wild brown trout.
Ingleby Beck winds its way through the grounds on its way from the hills to join the River Leven and fishermen can pit their wits against the wild brown trout.
"Excellent stay in a wonderful manor house. We had a great week staying at Ingleby Manor in early January. It's a privilege to stay in a house with so much history and charm! Christine is a fantastic host and provided just the right balance of assistance whilst allowing our independent usage of the East Wing apartment. It was the perfect accommodation for the four of us and could comfortably accommodate six."
