Pendrell Hall was a small estate and as far as possible, it was self-sufficient. There was a large kitchen garden with fruit cages for the soft fruit. Cherries and pears were trained to grow around the walls of the walled garden and there was a range of glasshouses.
As you entered the walled garden, the first glasshouse on the left was always full of foliage plants for the house. There was a lovely aroma in this glasshouse from the purple heliotrope and the cream Mar�chal Niel rose. The next glasshouse was where they grew the grapes, both black and green. These were trained up the side of the glasshouse continuing onto the sloping roof. These were dessert grapes for eating in the Hall. The next one was the peach house, containing both peaches and nectarines. They were trained up against the wall, as these were lean-to glasshouses.
Next to that there was a pair of double doors and if you went through those you came into the farmyard. There was a range of cow-houses and down at the bottom there was another range of cow-houses. On the right was a wood shed with a variety of different saws. The estate supplied wood for the house and for the work people as well.
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