This fine specimen, which is one of the largest girthed tulip trees in these islands, was possibly planted here in the late 17th century when it was first introduced to Europe from north America, possibly by John Tradescant Jr. It was highly fashionable at the time.

It is called a tulip tree because it bears thousands of tulip shaped flowers in summer, cream in colour with a tinge of green. This rare tree is recognisable by the t-shirt shape of its leaves.

Nearby and also of great note is a pair of ancient yew trees. It is difficult to estimate their exact age, but it is possible that they exceed four hundred years in age and certainly yew trees would have grown in the vicinity from the time of the tower house in the 15th century.