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Tag Archives: Henry Flitcroft

Stourhead – The Genius of the Place

Posted on November 8, 2014 by admin
The Palladian Bridge, Lake and Pantheon

Someone interested in gardens and gardening would have found it difficult to avoid the television obsession with garden makeover programmes. As a starting point the garden team sends a family away for a couple of weeks. The garden is then … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Claude Lorrain, Henry Flitcroft, Henry Hoare, National Trust, Richard Colt Hoare, Somerset, West of England

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