Tuesday 2 April 2013

Three National Trust properties 2nd April 2013

We visited three National Trust properties near Bradford-on-Avon on a sunny day with a freezing wind.  All the gardens still looked like winter:

Great Chalfield Manor

"It would be difficult to find a more beautiful medieval manor house in England than Great Chalfield. Set in tranquil Wiltshire countryside and with seven acres of gardens, this ancient house has survived the five centuries since its building and appears much as it did in the 1470′s when it was commissioned for the Wiltshire landowner, Thomas Tropnell."

http://www.greatchalfield.co.uk/






The Courts Garden

"Full of variety, this charming garden shows the English country style at its best.  Peaceful water gardens and herbaceous borders, with organically shaped topiary, demonstrate an imaginative use of colour and planting, creating unexpected vistas.  Stroll through the arboretum with its wonderful species of trees and naturally planted spring bulbs."

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/courts-garden/





Westwood Manor
"This beautiful 15th Century small stone manor house, built over three centuries, has late Gothic and Jacobean windows, decorative plasterwork and two important keyboard instruments. There is some fine period furniture, 17th- and 18th-century tapestries and a modern topiary garden."

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/westwood-manor/




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