21. The gardens and pleasure grounds cover around two hectares, and slope down to the River Yeo. 22. This was possibly when the woodlands and parkland began to be laid out as a pleasure ground . 23. In 1866 Mace became the proprietor of the Strawberry Gardens pleasure grounds at West Derby, near Liverpool. 24. Remaining parts of the pleasure ground were demolished in 1945, and East Ella house in around 1951. 25. In 1993 of the park and pleasure grounds were acquired by the National Trust and have been extensively restored. 26. Mark Laird, " The Flowering of the Landscape Garden : English Pleasure Grounds 1720 1800 ." 27. The house originally had around of land including of formal gardens and pleasure grounds , and around of parkland. 28. Permission was granted but like his juvenile pleasure grounds , there is no evidence that it was ever erected. 29. The extensive pleasure grounds are laid out with croquet lawns, lawn tennis court, bowling greens, & c. 30. In January 1885 Sheffield City Council bought both the house and the land as a public park or pleasure ground .
