The gardens of English Heritage / Gillian Mawrey and Linden Groves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mawrey, Gillian.

Contributor:

Groves, Linden.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English Heritage.

Gardens--England.

Gardens.

Gardens--England--History.

Gardens--England--Restoration and conservation.

Physical Description:

216 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Edition:

1st Frances Lincoln ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Frances Lincoln Limited, 2010.

Summary:

"The Gardens of English Heritage is the first book to describe the magnificent parks and gardens owned by English Heritage, which are far less well-known than its evocative medieval abbeys or Victorian mansions. Yet these remarkable places offer a wide variety of gardening pleasures. Some have stunning designs, while others are important for their history or their plants. All have wonderfully atmospheric surroundings. From the formality of Wrest Park and Chiswick House to the rolling parkland around Kenwood House; from Queen Victoria's garden at Osborne, complete with charming vegetable plots for the royal children, to the exotic Quarry Garden at Belsay Hall and the modern restraint of the Contemporary Heritage Scheme, here are gardens from every corner of England and almost every century. These essays tell the story of how each garden was created and of the sometimes eccentric families who owned them. The decay their trees, fountains and statues so often fell into is described - and the way they have been restored and survive to delight us today."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire

Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire

Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire

Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire

Boscobel House, Shropshire

Old wardour Castle, Wiltshire

Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight

Wrest Park, Bedfordshire

Chiswick House, London

Marble Hill House, London

Audley End, Essex

Osborne House, Isle of Wight

Bayham Old Abbey, Kent

Kenwood, London

Belsay Hall, Northumberland

Witley Court, Worcestershire

Brodsworth Hall, South Yorkshire

Down House, Kent

Battle Abbey, East Sussex

Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire

Eltham Palace, London

Walmer Castle, Kent

Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Livezey fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780711227712 (hbk.)

0711227713 (hbk.)

OCLC:

620321057