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“Lord and Lady Heseltine have created a garden of major importance at Thenford, one of the most impressive, varied and fascinating to have been made over the last forty years anywhere in the world.” – Charles Quest-Ritson, Country Life, March 2019
Michael Heseltine and his wife Anne bought the house and 400 acres of gardens and farmland from Sir Spencer's widow in 1976, and moved into the house in 1977. Since that time, the Heseltines have developed the house and the estate, most notably by the planting of an important arboretum.
70 acre estate, Thenford. Located in the village of Thenford in Northamptonshire, is the 70 acre estate belonging to Baron Heseltine of Thenford (Michael Heseltine). Set in the shape of a horseshoe, surrounding an elegant 1760's Georgian house, the park and gardens contain an impressive and nationally important collection of rare plants and ...
May 20, 2022 · Michael Heseltine and his wife Anne have turned their garden into an arboretum. The former British politician, 89, has spent 40 years working on Thenford House, in Northamptonshire.
Jan 3, 2022 · Built in the early 1760s of Hornton stone and set in rolling parkland in Northamptonshire, it had a large amount of land, some magnificent cedars but no garden. It was perfect: they bought the house and started making plans. ‘In the late Seventies, I was a shadow cabinet minister,’ explains Michael.
- Virginia Fraser
Michael and Anne Heseltine purchased the house and its surrounding garden in 1976, whilst adding over 400 acres of agricultural land to the horticultural and agricultural assets of Haymarket Media Group.
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Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC (/ ˈ h ɛ z ə l t aɪ n /; born 21 March 1933) is a British politician. Having begun his career as a property developer, he became one of the founders of the publishing house Haymarket. Heseltine served as a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001.
