Humphrey Repton's Red Books
Panshanger, 1799
By Llinos Thomas
In 1799, Earl Cowper invited Humphrey Repton, the leading landscape gardener of his generation, to prepare plans to improve the grounds at Panshanger.
Repton widened the river to make a lake (at a cost of £2,000) and created an impressive park and woodland. The ‘Red Books’ containing his designs are amazing, and also survive for Tewin Water and Wall Hall.
Panshanger, 1799 [DE/P/P21]
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies