The gardens of English Heritage
By: Gillian Mawrey and Linden Groves
Contributors: Groves, Linden
Edition: 1st Frances Lincoln ed.
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780711227712
Subjects: Gardens; History; Garten; Landschaftsgarten; Kulturerbe; English Heritage
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire; title: Kirby Hall, Northahamptonshire; title: Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire; title: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire; title: Boscobel House, Shropshire; title: Old Wardour Castle, Wiltshire; title: Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight; title: Wrest Park, Bedfordshire; title: Chiswick House, London; title: Marble Hill House, London; title: Audley End, Essex; title: Osborne House, Isle of Wight; title: Bayhem Old Abbey, Kent; title: Kenwood, London; title: Belsay Hall, Northumberland; title: Witley Court, Worcestshire; title: Brodsworth Hall, South Yorkshire; title: Down House, Kent; title: Battle Abbey, East Sussex; title: Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire; title: Eltham Palace, London; title: Walmer Castle, Kent; title: Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight; title: Contemporary heritage gardens; title: Some other gardens.