ABC/327 - Formal gardens in England and Scotland

ABC/327

Formal gardens in England and Scotland

1 volume

A collection of plates illustrating the development of Formal Gardens in England and Scotland, from the Earliest Medieval Period to the close of Seventeenth Century. It shows their planning, arrangement, architectural and ornamental features in seventy-two drawings by the author and fifty-three reproductions from photographs. Gardens included from: Montacute House, Somersetshire; Canons Ashby, Northants; Longford Castle, Wiltshire; St. Catherine's Court, Somersetshire; Penhurst Place, Kent; Wilton House, Wiltshire; Bowood House, Wiltshire; Chastleton Manor House, Oxon.; Hatfield House, Herts; Drayton House, Northants; Rose Gardens, at Rockingham Castle and Broughton Castle; Hampton Court Palace; Bridge and Gardens, Saffron Walden, Essex; Arley Hall, Cheshire; Belton House, Grantham, Lincs; Trentham Hall, Staffs.; Levens Hall, Westmorland; Heslington Hall, Yorkshire; Ashridge Park, Berkhampstead; Brickwall, Northiam, Sussex; Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire; Westbury Court, Glocestershire; Groombridge Place, Kent; Holland House, Kensington; Haddon Hall, Derbyshire; Saighton Grange, Cheshire; Chiswick House, London; Hampton Court, Herefordshire; Little Compton, Glocestershire; Kingsweston, ib.; Sandywell, ib.; Mount Morris, Kent; Dawly, Middlesex; Fairford, Gloucestershire; Old Buckingham House, London; Lowther Hall, Westmorland; Fordel House, Fifeshire; Stobhall, Perthshire; Balcaskie, Fifeshire; Balcarres, Fifeshire; Barncluith, Lanarkshire; Newbattle Abbey, Edinburgh; Kinross House; Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire; Cowane's Hospital, Stirling; Earlshall, Fifeshire; Drummond Castle, Perthshire; Garden Houses (Belcombe Brook and Ilford Manor, Bradford; Severn End and Charlton, Kent; Nun Moncton and 'The Cedars', Beckington); Dovecotes (Shipton Court, Chastleton Manor House, Dormstone, and Oddingley); Claverton Manor House, Somersetshire; Brympton Manor House, id.; Kingston House, Bradford-on-Avon; Clifton Hall, Nottingham; Ven House, Somerset; Hadsoe, Worchestershire; Bulwick Hall, Nothants; Entrance Gates and Piers (Penhurst, Ilford Manor, The Botanic Gardens Oxford, St. John's College Cambridge, and Belton House); Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire; Sydenham House, Devonshire; Knots and Parterres; Examples of Topiary Work; Lead Figures (Enfield Old Park, Rousham, Canons Ashby, and Nun Moncton); Lead Vases(Wilton House and Chiswich House; Iford Manor, Enfield Old Park, Hampton Court, and Penhurst); Lead Garden Cisterns (Charlton House and the Victoria and Albert Museum; Enfield Old Park); Stone Vases (Sion house, Isleworth; Stoneleigh Abbey, Drummond Castle, Wrest Park, and Melbourne Hall); Sundials (Chiswick House, Enfield Old Park; Northienden, and Prestbury; Wrest Park, Kew Palace, Wilton House,, and Belton House; Pitmedden, Woodhouslee, Duthie Park Aberdeen, and Stobhall; Queen Mary's Dial Holyrood Palace, and Newbattle Abbey); Fountains (Wilton House and the Victoria and Albert Museum); Stone Balustrades (Drayton House, Brympton Manor House, Borwick Hall, and Cranborne Manor House); Wall Gateways (Penhurst, Earlsham, Cold Ashton Manor House, and Oudle); Mazes (Somerleyton Hall, Arley Hall, Belton House, Harl. MSS. British Museum, and Hill's 'Arte of Gardening').

Good condition. Slightly scuffed covers