Brief Description
Kingston Russell House has an 18th- and 19th-century parkland setting, along with 20th-century formal gardens.
Detailed Description
There is a combination of evidence of an early formal landscape and the interest of an association with the Russell family. There is also a group value of the house with its Edwardian gardens.- Authorities
Civil Parish
- Long Bredy
- History
Detailed History
Kingston Russell House has an 18th- and 19th-century parkland setting.There are also early-20th century formal gardens by Philip Tilman, laid out around an 18th-century house. There is documentary evidence of extensive 18th-century formal gardens of the Russell family.
Period
- 18th Century
- References
References
- Mowl, Timothy {Historic Gardens of Dorset} (Stroud: Tempus, 2003) 78-79, 140-143Historic Gardens of Dorset
- Oswald, A. {Country Houses of Dorset} (1935) 157Country Houses of Dorset
- {Country Life, Volume 110} (1951) 1628-31Country Life, Volume 110
Contributors
William Gueterbock
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Dorset Gardens Trust
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