page_title: Kingston Maurward House
section_title: Grounds and gardens
hierarchical_section_title: Kingston Maurward House / Grounds and gardens
caption_attribution_description: A sculpture of the sword given to King Arthur by the Lady of the Lake, in the lake of Kingston Maurward gardens
context_page_description: Kingston Maurward House is a large Grade I listed Georgian English country house set in a 750-acre estate in Dorset situated in the Frome valley two miles east of Dorchester.
context_section_description: The grounds of Kingston Maurward, which are used for the land-based college, are open to the public and include the farm areas and extensive gardens. Both the house and grounds are owned by Kingston Maurward College. Also in the grounds is Kingston Maurward Manor House, built in 1590, an earlier mansion which was narrowly saved from demolition when the estate was acquired. Following refurbishment it is a private residence.
  The gardens are Grade II* listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
caption: A statue of Excalibur, King Arthur's legendary sword, at Kingston Maurward
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