Introduction
The landscaping includes a river walk and tree planting in the style of early-19th century Picturesque. The area to the west of the house is the site of the abandoned village of Frome Bilet.
- Features
Style
- Picturesque
- Walk
- Description: River walk.
- Authorities
Civil Parish
- West Stafford
- History
Detailed History
This is one of only two sites in Dorset for which Humphrey Repton prepared landscape proposals. Nicholas Gould commissioned designs for both the house and grounds, which were then named Frome House. The date is uncertain, but must be prior to 1816, when the project was described and illustrated in Humphrey Repton's 'Fragments'.
The proposals were not implemented at the time. However, when the house was extended by Benjamin Ferrey in 1848-50, the new building followed the spirit of Repton's proposals.
Period
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Associated People
- References
References
- Stroud, Dorothy {Humphrey Repton} (Country Life, 1962) 169Humphrey Repton's Red book for Blaise Castle, Henbury : a transcript of his proposals for landscaping, compiled 1795
- Mowl, Timothy {Historic Gardens of Dorset} (Stroud: Tempus, 2003) 97-98Historic Gardens of Dorset
- Hutchins, John and others {The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Vol. II} (London: J. B. Nichols & Sons, 1861) 512The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Vol. II
- Carter, George and others {Humphry Repton landscape gardener 1752-1818} (Norwich: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 1982) 151Humphry Repton landscape gardener 1752-1818
- Daniels, Stephen {Humphry Repton : landscape gardening and the geography of Georgian England} (New Haven, Conn. ; London: Yale University Press, 1999) 258Humphry Repton : landscape gardening and the geography of Georgian England
- Repton, Humphrey {Fragments on the theory and practice of Landscape Gardening} (London, 1816) 101-105Fragments on the theory and practice of Landscape Gardening
- {Country Life, Vol. 131} (1962) 654-657, 712-715Country Life, Vol. 131
Contributors
William Gueterbock
Dorset Gardens Trust