The park was originally a medieval deer park and formed part of the Forest of Worth stretching from Slaugham in the South to Worth in the North.
Abraham Montefiore bought his Worth-park farm in the 1810s. By 1839/40, his son Joseph Mayer Montefiore owned numerous plots of land in the area and at this point a “Worth Park House and Garden” was in existence. After a fire in 1847, Worth-Park House was rebuilt completely by 1856. The now most visible re-design of the grounds took place from 1884-1887. The company of James Pulham and Son, who also designed features for the gardens of Buckingham Palace and Sandringham House, built many elements for Worth Park which survive until today.
The gardens were laid out over four levels to utilise the elevated position of the site. The first level was a formal garden consisting of three circular areas known as Fountain, Dutch and Sundial. The second level consisted of formal terraces with a staircase, a formal pond surrounded by ball shaped yews. The third area was open parkland and the final area a lake complete with Pulhamite rock features.
From 1920 to 1960, the house and large parts of the grounds were the home of Milton Mount College, a boarding school for girls. Crawley Borough Council bought the school property in 1963 and demolished it in favour of the 9 story block of flats that can be seen on the site today.
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