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Maesllwch Castle
A large 19th-century park of pre-19th-century origin forms the setting to the grand mid-19th-century mock castle, set on a terrace above the River Wye with views to the Black Mountains. The internal layout of the kitchen garden survives, including ornamental espalier railings, box hedging and ancient fruit trees. Mid-20th-century additions include terraced gardens whose layout reflects lost parts of the building.
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James AdamsJames Adams was an architect active in the early-19th century. He was the son of the surveyor, James Adams…
Read MoreJohn WedgwoodJohn Wedgwood was a founder member of the Royal Horticultural Society, and assisted in laying out the gardens at Cote.
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Gardens Trusts' volunteers uncover a mine of Capability Brown research
Press release 22 September 2016We are delighted to announce that substantial research on 179 parks and gardens by celebrated landscape designer Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown has now been made availabl.
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