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Victorian iron 'twig' seat in Spring (stolen 1989), looking from the Dell towards the Folly, York Gate Garden

Japanese lantern by 'Mother's Tomb' stone seat and beech hedge

Ken Hampson sitting in the Herb Garden. Taken from the Summerhouse on 27.03.1994, his 47th birthday

Silver Wedding portrait of Sybil Spencer's mother Mary Jane Armitage, wearing a hat, seated at a table with a vase of flowers

The Paved Garden with millstone pond in foreground and wrought iron fern bench and table in background

Old Orchard with Pond and Griffin Stone Sink, Mother's Tomb seat and Copper beech hedge. Folly in the background

The design, by Fred Spencer, for the stone seat known as "Mother's Tomb", accompanied by a handwritten note 'This is the first garden ornament I designed - I think in the mid 50s. It was the year of the Leeds Music Festival Centenary [1958] as the…

Pencil Sketch for bench with handles at each side and with wicker arched cover (as in the kitchen garden), A3

Pencil Sketch for bench with handles at each side and with wicker arched cover (as in kitchen garden), A3

The Pinetum looking towards the stone seats with young larches
Robin put stone seats in the Pinetum and planted larches behind to provide shade. Sybil referred to this as her 'cave'.