Gresgarth Hall
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Overview
The garden surrounding this honey-gold, castellated house is composed from a variety of elements – colour-themed gardens, luxuriant herbaceous borders, a serpentine walk, bog and lakeside garden, wild garden, orchard and nuttery – that combine to display a versatility of moods and styles and yet compose an integrated design. The Gresgarth Hall garden is the vision of Arabella Lennox-Boyd, who moved here with her husband Sir Mark in 1978 when he became an MP. Italian-born and brought up in Rome, Lady Lennox-Boyd brought with her an Italian sense of formality and theatre, and combined it with the English romantic style of soft colours and understatement. Throughout the garden is a mix of classical and modern statuary. The house is at the head of a small valley with a river running through it and is surrounded on three sides by hills covered by majestic oaks and beech, among other types of tree. The Artle Beck, a tributary of the Lune, defines one border of the garden, and trees merge into the distant parkland beyond.
Features
- Opening Times
- Opening Times: Open 14 Feb; 13 Mar & 13 Nov, 11-3; 10 Apr; 8 May; 12 Jun; 10 Jul; 14 Aug; 11 Sep; 9 Oct, 11-5
- Facilities
- Parking onsite
- Cafe
- Children
About the area
Lancashire was at the centre of the British cotton industry in the 19th century, which lead to the urbanization of great tracts of the area. The cotton boom came and went, but the industrial profile remains.
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