Rockery Approximately 40 Metres South Of Temple Of Flora

The rockery, located approximately 40 meters south of the Temple of Flora in Nuneham Park, was built around 1771 and likely extended in the early 19th century. It is constructed from limestone and composition boulders and forms one side of a ravine-like path that leads past a grotto. A large slanting tablet within the rockery commemorates Walter Clark, a florist, with an inscription by William Whitehead, the Poet Laureate. Clark, who created the flower garden, passed away in 1784. The grotto is part of the innovative flower garden designed by the Reverend William Mason, who authored "The English Flower Garden," for Lord Nuneham, later the 2nd Earl Harcourt. This rockery is included for its group value. Nuneham Park is listed in the HBMC County Register of Gardens at Grade I.