Mark Hampton’s Court is a garden under development, conceived by Jane Blaffer Owen in 1998 to honor the internationally acclaimed classical interior designer. Mark Hampton (1940-1998) completed the interior design of the adjacent Orchard House in the 1970s.

The Court Gate was designed by architect, Kent Schuette. Its proportions and form were inspired by the vault drum windows of the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome by Michelangelo. The moldings that bracket the gate opening are the signature moldings of “Scarlet,” the first master mason of Chartres Cathedral, in France. Three engraved benches were created by sculptor, Simon Verity, British sculptor and master stone carver who, from 1988-1997, carved the Portal of Paradise at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.

A conceptual garden plan is under development by landscape architectural firm Nievera Williams Design of New York & Palm Beach, Florida with Mario Nievera as partner in charge.

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