Tudor Croft Garden granted listed status

SITE PROTECTED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

- By TEESSIDE LIVE

THE owner of Teesside's favourite garden says the granting of Grade II-listed status will protect this very special location for generations to come.

Tudor Croft Garden on Stokesley Road in Guisborough is one of just five parks and gardens among the 199 heritage sites protected by Historic England during the year and is also the most northerly.

The organisation says the garden, created from 1934 for industrialist Ronald Crossley, is a rare survival of an interwar suburban garden in a relaxed Arts and Crafts style.

Designed to complement the family home the garden remains intact, with the house overlooking the garden and the North York Moors.

Among the highlights is the Gnome Garden, populated by magical beings including elves, gnomes playing instruments, pixies, birds and animals.