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View from Paved Garden towards the front gate

Driveway and Pavement Maze from the Front Garden, yellow roses in foreground, gate beyond

View from the Front Garden over the Pavement Maze towards the front gate

Brian Noble and Geoffrey Smith at the garden gate. York Gate House and Cottage behind, two cars on the driveway

Wrought iron Circle Gate at the entrance to the Paved Garden (now at the entrance to the Pinetum)
Robin designed this gate which was based on a screen in the Victoria and Albert Museum, but wasn't happy with it here and took it down.

View through the Circle Gate towards the Paved Garden, from outside the potting shed

Driveway with Yew Buns, looking towards the Orchard, Jardiniere, copper beech hedge and white gate visible amongst trees

Black and white photograph entitled "Our First Herb Garden"
In April/May 1954, Robin constructed a Herb Garden on the site of the old farmhouse. Sybil planted it with "sage, fennel, rue, rosemary, apple mint, pepper mint, lavender, curry, lemon…

A view down a tree-lined path towards a stone gateway with wrought iron gates

View over the gate towards the excavations, crossing the driveway, carried out to repair the turning circle. This slide, numbered 61, was used to illustrate Sybil's talk " The Story of York Gate 1970" (YGA00940)