Spring, the grass around the house is a mass of snowdrops and naturalised pale blue Anemone apennina. A gravel path leads north east through old granite gate posts to an Edwardian curvilinear greenhouse filled with camellias, jasmine and lilies. Beside it, under the shade of an enormous Irish yew tree is the box parterre which is centred on a rustic summerhouse. Between these allées is a crescent shaped herbaceous border filled with perennials. The east allée leads to a shrubbery laid out by Daphne Shackleton and filled with hydrangeas, while the north allée leads to the fruit and kitchen garden.

Visitors should not miss the courtyard behind the house which has been planted as a formal box and gravel garden with espaliered pear trees against ochre walls. Prospect is a modest garden of some 2 acres, laid out to embellish the old house but also to be productive.