Boughton House is the Northamptonshire home of the Duke of Buccleuch and is one of the grandest and best-preserved stately homes in the country. The Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust recently undertook a major restoration programme in the parkland to rediscover or recreate Boughton’s lost formal gardens, part of which date back to the 18th century.

This grand scheme of works included a project to build a decorative and imposing ornamental fountain pumping streams of water over 120 feet into the air from the centre of the pool and in clear view of the main house.