The Catton Estate was sold to Captain George Morse a Norwich brewer who was

the owner in 1844 at the time of the tithe assessment.  By this date the estate

in Catton had been reduced to 189 acres compared with the 461 acres owned by

Mrs Ives.  The estate, in addition to Catton Hall and Park, by then consisted of

the land immediately adjoining the park including the meadows and plantations

to the south-west, the group of four meadows on the north side of Church Lane

and the area which later became the Deer Park.  The main alteration to the

landscaping made by Morse was the creation of a path through the eastern block

of woodland¹³.

The Catton Estate was sold again in 1852 in several lots and the major portion

was purchased by John Henry Gurney.  The sale catalogue described the mansion

as 'well placed on rising ground enclosed in a remarkably beautiful picturesque

park of sixty acres abiding with fine old trees and greatly diversified with rich

undulating scenery and commanding very striking and original views'¹⁴.

The 1852 sale catalogue included a view from Catton Hall to the church.

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¹³ NRO DS 49 Map from the sale catalogue of the Catton Estate by Butcher 24 September 1852

¹⁴ NRO MC 958/2 Ms draft of Catton Park sale catalogue, August 1852.

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