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Full Description
This beautifully revised and updated classic takes a fresh look at the English country house garden, starting with the owners and the stories behind the making of the gardens.
Glorious photographs capture the gardens at their finest moments through the seasons, and a sparkling and erudite text presents twenty-five gardens - some grand, some personal, some celebrated, some never-before-photographed - to explore why this garden style has been so very enduring and influential.
There is something special about the English country house garden: from its quiet verdant lawns to its high yew hedges, this is a style much-desired and copied around the world. The English country house is most often conceived as a private, intimate place, a getaway from working life. A pergola, a sundial, a croquet lawn, a herbaceous border of soft planting; here is a space to wander and relax, to share secrets, and above all to enjoy afternoon tea. But even the most peaceful of gardens also take passion and hard work to create.
From the Victorian grandeur of Tyntesfield and Cragside, to the Arts & Crafts simplicity of Rodmarton Manor and Charleston; from Scampston, in the same family since the 17th century, to new gardens by Dan Pearson and Tom Stuart-Smith; and with favourites such as Hidcote and Great Dixter alongside new discoveries, this book will be a delicious treat for garden-lovers.
Contents
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THREE ESSENTIALS
Hidcote, Gloucestershire
Sissinghurst, Kent
Great Dixter, East Sussex
UNFOLDING HISTORY
Montacute House, Somerset
Rousham House, Oxfordshire
Tyntesfield, Somerset
Rodmarton Manor, Gloucestershire
Folly Farm, Berkshire
COUNTRY HOUSE GARDEN IDEALS
Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire
Goodnestone Park, Kent
Kiftsgate Court, Gloucestershire
Trebah, Cornwall
Cothay Manor, Somerset
Helmingham Hall, Suffolk
Spencers, Essex
PERSONAL CREATIONS
Charleston, East Sussex
Exbury, Hampshire
Thorp Perrow, North Yorkshire
Felley Priory, Nottinghamshire
Lullingstone Castle, Kent
CONTEMPORARY DESIGNS
Scampston Hall, North Yorkshire
Seend Manor, Wiltshire
East Ruston Old Vicarage, Norfolk
Broughton Grange, Oxfordshire
The Old Rectory, Naunton, Gloucestershire
Contact Information & Select Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
