Tag Archives: Deer Park

Another victory for Houghton

Posted on 30/06/2018 by The Gardens Trust

Houghton Hall in Norfolk (which I wrote about last week) hit the headlines in the arts pages earlier this year because it is playing host in a spectacular way to an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Damien Hirst. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bannerman, Catherine the Great, conservatory, Damien Hirst, Deer Park, fountain, herbaceous border, Horace Walpole, Houghton, kitchen garden, land art, Land sculpture, obelisk, Sassoon, sculpture, temple, Walpole, wilderness | 4 Comments

Houghton

Posted on 23/06/2018 by The Gardens Trust

I visited Houghton recently. It’s a vast early 18thc landscape park in rural west Norfolk surrounding a Grade 1 listed Palladian house built for Sir Robert Walpole, who was effectively Britain’s first Prime Minister. I’ve wanted to go there for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged avenues, baroque, Charles Bridgeman, Colen Campbell, Deer Park, Horace Walpole, Houghton, James Gibbs, Norfolk, parkland, parterre, Sassoon, temple, Walpole, wilderness, William Kent | 1 Comment

Hulne Priory

Posted on 08/07/2017 by The Gardens Trust

Sometimes you visit a historic house or garden and think to yourself…. I could live here. Sometimes you have second thoughts and add …if only it wasn’t so remote or inhospitable a setting. That was certainly my reactions on visiting Hulne … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Capability Brown, Coade, Deer Park, james Paine, Mediaeval, menagerie, Northumberland, Picturesque, Robert Adam, tourism | Leave a comment

Kip and Knyff : Part 2 Kip

Posted on 08/04/2017 by The Gardens Trust

For someone whose work is so well known it’s surprising how little biographical information is recorded about Johannes Kip, the topographical engraver. He is best known for Britannia Illustrata, his work with Leonard Knyff, which has illustrations of the estates of … Continue reading →

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“What God would have built if he had the money…”

Posted on 22/11/2014 by The Gardens Trust

“What God would have built if he had the money…” is what George Bernard Shaw is supposed to have said on visiting William Randolph Hearst at St Donat’s Castle in South Wales. It’s not surprising that Shaw was impressed! St Donat’s is a … Continue reading →