A document of 1559 refers to 'Rhiw'r perrai' the 'hill or slope of pear trees' but their exact location is not known.

The first Sir Thomas enlarged the 16th century deer park at Ruperra and there were still deer on the park at the beginning of the 20th century.

The 1764 estate map shows a formal landscape style which may date from a century earlier, with its 'lights' and terraces. The remains of those historic terraces may still be present under the grass to the east of the present stables.

In a recent investigation of the first summerhouse on the mound at Craig Ruperra, the foundation bricks were found to be of the same date as those used to build the castle.

In 1699, William Winde, the famous gardener, records in a letter to Lady Bridgeman, that he had moved trees of ‘considerable bigeness withe good suckcess’ at Ruperra.