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Blenheim – Brown’s Masterpiece and a Cheeky Bit of Le Notre

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Karen Blaylock
Upper Water Terrace 1

What a tantalising thought. Putting together the two greatest masters of landscape in a single garden; but Andre Le Notre met his maker in 1700 sixteen years before Lancelot Capability Brown was even born. However this novel idea comes closest … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Capability Brown, Duchene, John Churchill, Oxfordshire, Vanbrugh, Woodstock

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