HISTORIC GARDENS OF WORCESTERSHIRE by Timothy Mowl ( 9780752436548 )

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Title:

HISTORIC GARDENS OF WORCESTERSHIRE

By:

Timothy Mowl

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0752436546

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9780752436548

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Publisher:

THE HISTORY PRESS LTD

Pub. date:

1 April, 2006

Edition:

UK ed.

Pages:

208

Description:

Worcestershire is rich in great gardens, such as: Madresfield Court, the inspiration for Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" and the restored early eighteenth-century Hanbury Hall, both near Malvern in the south of the county; Hagley Hall of the mid-eighteenth century and William Shenstone's Arcadian masterpiece The Leasowes; and more.

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Worcestershire is particularly rich in great gardens from the last 250 years, such as: Madresfield Court, the inspiration for Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" and the restored early eighteenth-century Hanbury Hall, both near Malvern in the south of the county; Hagley Hall of the mid-eighteenth century and William Shenstone's Arcadian masterpiece The Leasowes, both near Halesowen in the north; Croome Park by Capability Brown and the Victorian extravaganza of Witley Hall with its magnificent restored fountains.

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The History Press Ltd

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