It is likely that Repton removed trees to the south of the park to give a view

of the spire of Norwich Cathedral.  There is some evidence to suggest that even

as late as 1801 Ives was adding land to his Catton estate when he acquired

further land and tithes.

The first Ordnance Survey Map of 1817 clearly shows the driveway from the

north east had been constructed¹⁰ together with the ornamental Gothic cottage.

A map of 1819 indicated that at that date the parkland at Catton was 43 acres

and was divided into four enclosures¹¹.  On Jeremiahs Ives' death in 1820, the

Catton estate passed to his wife, Mrs Frances Ives, who lived there until her

death in 1835 when the estate was sold.  The descriptions and plan of the 1835

sale catalogue¹² give a detailed picture of the estate.

Figure 5a. Description from the Sale

Catalogue for Catton Hall in 1835.

Figure 5b. Plan from the Sale Catalogue

for Catton Hall in 1835.

The entire Catton Hall estate extended to 630 acres of which 461 acres were in

Catton, 120 acres in Sprowston and small acreages in St Faith's and Hellesdon.

The house and park were described as 'the brick-built mansion, replete with every

accommodation, placed on a handsome elevation in a park of sixty acres'.

It was also described as 'a park of sixty acres varied with ornamental timber,

pleasure grounds and plantations'.  The mansion was in nine acres of pleasure

grounds whilst the park was divided into three areas, the two sections south of

the house were 21 acres and 23 acres and there was a further area of ten acres

across the road to the south west backed by the ornamental plantations one of

which was a 'beautiful hanging wood.'  The walks and drives in the vicinity of the

house had been increased for in addition to the original driveway from the

south-west and the Repton walk from the Spixworth Road past the ornamental

Gothic cottage, now know as Holiday House, there was a walk or drive north from

the house to the ivy covered church, and a further drive to Church Road past the

stable block.  Some building had taken place with land leased for two villa

residences to the north of Catton Hall one in the occupation of Warner Wright M.D.

and the other to George Harvey, esq.

Figure 6. The ornamental Gothic cottage now known as Holiday House

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¹⁰ British library, Ordnance Surveyors' Drawings, 241, port.23, 1817

¹¹ NRO BR 276/1/0488/1-2 Map of Catton Estate

¹² NRO BR 276/1/218 Sale of Catalogue of the Catton Estate by W M Butcher, 8 August 1835

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