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100 1 $aPlumptre, George,.
245 14$aThe English country house garden /$cGeorge Plumptre ; photographs by Marcus Harpur.
250 $aRevised and updated edition.
260 $aLondon :$bWhite Lion Publishing,$c2018.
300 $a208 p. :$bcolor ill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 205) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
520 $aThere is something special about the English country house garden: from its quiet verdant lawns to its high yew hedges, this is a style much-desired and copied around the world. The English country house is most often conceived as a private, intimate place, a getaway from working life. A pergola, a sundial, a croquet lawn, a herbaceous border of soft planting; here is a space to wander and relax, to share secrets, and above all to enjoy afternoon tea. But even the most peaceful of gardens also take passion and hard work to create. This new book takes a fresh look at the English country house garden, starting with the owners and the stories behind the making of the gardens. Glorious photographs capture the gardens at their finest moments through the seasons, and a sparkling and erudite text presents twenty-five gardens - some grand, some personal, some celebrated, some never-before-photographed - to explore why this garden style has been so very enduring and influential. From the Victorian grandeur of Tyntesfield and Cragside, to the Arts & Crafts simplicity of Rodmarton Manor and Charleston; from Scampston, in the same family since the 17th century, to new gardens by Dan Pearson and Tom Stuart-Smith; and with favourites such as Hidcote and Great Dixter alongside new discoveries, this book will be a delicious treat for garden-lovers.
650 0$aGardens, English.
650 0$aGardens, English$vPictorial works.
700 1 $aHarpur, Marcus.