house as well as extensive servants' quarters. It is thought that Haden-Best's intention, on the death of his aunt, was to demolish Haden Hall and extend his house, so that the front door would occupy an imposing central position. Architectural evidence for this is the absence of quoins on the corner of the House to the right hand side of the front door. On the north side of the house was a separate complex of buildings comprising a carriage house (with living rooms on the first floor), a harness room with storage loft, a corn room with cellar and loft, stabling, a cow byre, washing shed, a coal shed, stables and a barn. On the western side of the old duck pond were vineries, peach houses, ferneries, palm houses and potting sheds. A stoke house with three Quorn boilers provided the heating for the glasshouses. Today, Haden Hill House is open to the public all year round. Guided tours of the buildings are available and plays, workshops and dances take place too. Authentic Victorian furniture and instruments are on display. Haden Cross In front of Haden Hall is the remnant of a Medieval cross which once stood at the top of what now is Station Road, Old Hill. It was moved to the Park in 1937. Grass bowl At the centre of the park is a natural valley of open grassland. In the days of Haden-Best, this was used for haymaking. In the time of the public park, it accommodated a bandstand and a football field. Neither are there today. Pets graves By the side of a pathway below Haden Hill House there are two monuments where family pets were buried. One grave is for three cats, the other for a dog. Pools A pool has been present to the west of the house since before Haden-Best's time. It has been altered several times, and was restored with a feeding platform as part of the National Lottery Project. At the southern end of the park, Haden-Best constructed a large pool known as the Boating Lake, with two rustic bridges and a boat house. The boat house and one of the bridges are no longer there, but the other bridge survives and was restored as part of the National Lottery Project. Ha Ha A Ha ha was built before the estate came into the ownership of Haden-Best, separating the gardens and