The English country house garden / George Plumptre ; photographs by Marcus Harpur.

There 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plumptre, George (Author)
Other Authors: Harpur, Marcus (Photographer)
Language:English
Published: London : White Lion Publishing, 2018.
Edition:Revised and updated edition.
Subjects:
Gardens, English.
Gardens, English > Pictorial works.
Photobooks.
Pictorial works.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Photobooks.
Physical Description:208 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The 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.