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Hutton John

Nearest town: Penrith

Site type: garden

Access: Private

Church name:

Diocese:

County: Cumbria

Country: England

Grid ref: NY4399826965

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 1996

Recorded by: Graham Wilkinson

Protection & responsibility: Owner

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: c 1940: Arthur Mee's The King's England described Hutton John as "one of the old fortified manor houses of Cumberland. The gardens are charming. There are two Tudor terraces, with eight magnificent yews. For generations they grew in a great hedge, and have been trimmed to their present shape for over a century."