 The grounds were laid out with the help of Humphry Repton, the famous landscape designer, who also designed the gardens for the nearby Norris Castle.They were said to be of around 43 acres in 1842, but reached 74 acres by 1934.They were beautifully undulated, with gardens, a gardener's cottage, two lodges and paddocks, laid out in the 'first style', with terraces embellished with noble timber plantations of luxuriant growth, through which walks and carriage drives of considerable extent had been cut.