Humphrey Repton

I didn’t realise that Humphrey was born in Bury St Edmunds and is buried in Aylsham Parish Church.  Of course he is famous for his landscape gardening but this wasn’t his first profession, he was educated at Norwich Grammar School but what was his first job?  Who was the Felbrigg owner who lent him his botany books?  Why did he move his young family to Romford?  Which famous author described him as a “Money Minded Cunning Rogue”?  What was his red book?  And what estates did he design in Norfolk?  Please select the following link to find out more:

https://norfolktalesmyths.com/2019/02/28/repton-the-landscape-designer/

Here is a short film about Repton’s red books and his use of overlays to sell his ideas to clients.  This film brings his designs to life.  Please select the following link and press play.  You may need to move the red bar back to the start and you can always give the film a thumbs up if you enjoyed it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ5KnfIagK0

For those that are interested, here is some supplemental reading on Humphrey Repton, this article provides more information on the gardens he designed outside of Norfolk and the competition he had with a fellow colleague to design the Brighton Pavilion.  Please select the following link to find out more:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry_Repton