This associated planting was carried out to form five plantations in a block of

fields to the west of the park.  These had sinewy forms, indeed one was named

Fiddle Plantation.  These plantations would have been visible from the mansion

which was on higher ground to the north.  Repton probably also advised on

planting in the meadow known as Till's, later called the Deer Park, lying to the

east of the main park across the Spixworth Road but visually linked to it.

Later evidence would suggest that the ha-ha was not implemented, and that the

new driveway and ornamental cottage were not built until after 1794.  It was

not shown on the view of Catton Hall from Peacock's Polite Repository of 1792.

Figure 3. Engraving of Catton Hall from Peacock's Polite Repository of 1792 (Bodleian Library, Oxford).

Neither do they appear on the map made by William Faden for his Survey of the

County of Norwich published in 1797, which was surveyed in 1794, which clearly

shows Catton Hall and its park and the drive from the south west but were

certainly built by 1817.  Faden's survey shows two further country houses to the

south of Catton Park.

Figure 4. Detail of a map of Norwich from William Faden's

A Topographical Map of the County of Norwich, 1797

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