Croome Park
Builders Yard, High Green, Severn Stoke, Worcestershire WR8 9JS
Telephone 01905 371006 Fax 01905 371090
Croome was 'Capability' Brown's first complete landscape, making his reputation
and establishing a new style of garden design which became universally adopted
over the next 50 years. The elegant park buildings and other structures are
mostly by Robert Adam and James Wyatt. There are miles of walks through
lakeside gardens, shrubberies and open parkland.
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-croomepark/
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Eastnor Castle
Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1RL
Tel: +44 (0)1531 633160 Fax: +44 (0)1531 631776
Eastnor Castle, in the dramatic setting of the Malvern Hills and surrounded
by a beautiful deer park, arboretum and lake - is the home of the
Hervey-Bathurst family. Beautifully restored the Castle is a fascinating
visitor attraction, as well as a unique setting for weddings, private parties,
corporate entertaining, filming and product launches.
http://www.eastnorcastle.com
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Hellens Manor
Much Marcle Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 2LY
Telephone: 01531 660504
Hellens is a living monument to much of England's history. It contains a wealth
of period furnishings, paintings and decorations. There are heirlooms of Ann
Boleyn, Mary Tudor, the Earl of Essex ( Elizabeth 1's favourite), Charles 1,
the Duke of Wharton and of the house's inhabitants over the centuries. The
gardens are being redeveloped along Tudor and Jacobean lines, reflecting the
house's history. They incorporate a rare 17th century octagonal dovecote, a
walled knot garden, a yew labyrinth, and a short woodland and pond walk. There
are also the Derby Coach and family carriages to be seen, as well as the Old
Cider Mill house.
Hellens opens for guided tours on Sunday 16th April. Thereafter the house is
open to the pùblic on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays
until Sunday 1st October 2006. The tours last for an hour, and start at 2pm,
3pm and 4pm. No booking is necessary.
http://www.hellensmanor.com
Leigh Court Barn
Magnificent 14th Century timber-framed barn, the largest of its kind in
Britain. Built for the monks of Pershore Abbey. Location Leigh, Nr Worcester.
(English Heritage) Opening Times April to September, Thursday to Sunday, 10 - 6
pm.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConProperty.343
Little Malvern Court
Malvern Worcestershire WR14 4JN
Telephone 01684 892988 Fax 01684 893057
14th Century Prior's Hall once attached to 12th Century Benedictine Priory,
with Victorian addition by Hansom. Family and European paintings and furniture.
Collections of 18th and 19th Century needlework. Home of the Berington family
by descent since the Dissolution. 10 acres of former monastic grounds.
Magnificent views, lake, garden rooms, terrace. Wide variety of spring bulbs,
old fashioned roses, shrubs and trees.
Directions: 3 miles south of Great Malvern on Upton-on-Severn Road (A4104).
Open: Mid April to mid July, Wednesday & Thursday only, 2.15pm to 5pm, last
admission 4.30pm.
Admission: House & Garden: £5.50, Children £2.00. House or
Garden: £4.50, Children £1.00.
Madresfield Court
Madresfield Malvern Worcestershire
The gardens are opened to the public on a few Charity days each year, and the
lucky visitors will find a Yew Garden, a Maze, and a Herbaceous Border; a
pleached Lime Arbour, a Cedar Avenue, an Oak Avenue, and a Poplar Avenue; Wild
Gardens, and a Rock Garden.
Madresfield Court is a moated Elizabethan house, extensively rebuilt between
1863 and 1888. It's surrounded by parkland, famous for its displays of
daffodils The novelist Evelyn Waugh was a frequent visitor to the house, and
the Beauchamp family who lived there, both of which are said to have inspired
his book Brideshead Revisited. Madresfield Court is the ancestral home of the
Lygon family, the eldest son of which bore the title Earl Beauchamp between
1815 and 1979, when the eighth and last Earl died. Madresfield Court is
currently home to Lady Rosalind Morrison, a niece of the late Earl.
Visits to the house can be made, by appointment only, between April and July
each year.
To book, contact The Estate Office Madresfield Malvern Worcestershire WR13
5AH
Telephone 01684 573614.
Email: madresfield@clara.co.uk
Picton Gardens
Houses the National Collection of Autumn Flowering Asters (Michaelmas Daisies)
and other unusual perennials.. Telephone: 01684 540416 Contact: Location Old
Court Nurseries, Walwyn Road, Colwall
Opening Times August to October, Wednesday to Sunday 11 - 5 pm,
http://www.autumnasters.co.uk/
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Spetchley Park Gardens
Spetchley Worcester Worcestershire WR5 1RS
All enquiries to: The Estate Office, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. GL13 9QL
Telephone: 01453 810303 Fax: 01453 511915
Just three miles east of the beautiful cathedral city of Worcester and
surrounded by glorious countryside, lies one of Britain’s best kept
secrets. Virtually hidden from the road, and largely unaltered in the last
century, this lovely 30 acre Victorian paradise, belonging to Mr. and Mrs.
R.J.G. Berkeley, has been lovingly created by successive generations of the
Berkeley family, and boasts an enviable collection of plant treasures from
every corner of the globe.
http://www.spetchleygardens.co.uk/
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Witley Court
Great Witley, Worcestershire WR6 6JT - England, UK
Telephone: +44 (0)1299 896636
Thomas Foley built Witley Court in 1655 on the former site of a mediaeval manor
house. John Nash designed subsequent additions in the early 1800s and the
Dudley family subsequently bought the Court in 1837. The gardens were
landscaped by William Nesfield and contain a fine Perseus and Andromeda
fountain.
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