"Pleasure grounds and park of c1760-1778 by Lancelot Brown (1716-1783) for the fourth Earl of Scarborough incorporating elements of a C17 park and mid 18th century landscaping with C19 alterations" (English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens 1999). Sandbeck originally a monastic manor of Roche Abbey until the dissolution when it passed into private hands after its disposal by the Crown. A Royal licence to impark 150 acres was granted for part of this area in 1637. Earlier landscaping works were swept away by the extensive landscaping of Brown (which originally included the valley in which the village of Stone and Roche Abbey are set). Fragmentary legibility of earlier parkland phases. See Register of Parks and Gardens, SMR references and Listed building records for further details.