Pulhamite rockery at Milton Mount Gardens (former Worth Park gardens)

This is a garden rockery constructed between 1884 and 1887 by the firm of James Pulham and Son, as part of the gardens created for Sir Francis Abraham Montefiore at Worth Park. It is built using Pulhamite cement, a product of the firm, over a core of clinker and scrap brickwork.

Located to the northeast of the former main house at Worth Park (which was demolished in the 1960s), the rockery is a naturalistic composition in artificial rock, rising approximately 5 feet above ground level and extending 40 to 50 feet in length. The upper section contains planting compartments. The rear, eastern side also displays exposed brickwork.

The area was originally part of the forest of Worth, dating back to the Norman Conquest. A new mansion was built in the 1870s for Joseph Mayer Montefiore, whose mother was a sister of Nathan Mayer Rothschild and whose father was the brother of Sir Moses Montefiore. Between 1884 and 1887, his son, Sir Francis Abraham Montefiore, rebuilt and extended the mansion, constructed a new stable block, and engaged James Pulham and Son to create the gardens, laid out on four levels to account for the sloping site. The gardens incorporated Pulhamite artificial rock and pre-cast stone-coloured terracotta ornaments. The rockery is among the most significant surviving garden features from the original 1880s layout.