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Articles found in Period Tag: Georgian

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The Society has produced an Annual Report since 1833 and these invaluable records are now available online

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A personal account of visiting and witnessing the remarkable restoration of one of England’s finest 18th-century landscape gardens by Tony Mott

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From ancient shrines to 18th century entertainment spaces we explore the development of grottoes in gardens.

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Perched on the north-eastern tip of the Isle of Wight, Norris Castle stands not only as a remarkable Regency Gothic Revival residence but also as home to one of the island’s most significant historic landscapes.

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What has a 16th century Italian architect got to do with 18th century English gardens? How did the Grand Tour indirectly influence garden design features?

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Brown started work at Wimpole in 1767 and was one of more than 250 of his countrywide commissions.

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Take a walk around the landscape altered and de-formalised by Capability Brown in the 18th Century.

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Invited in 1779 to redesign the college gardens of Cambridge University, Brown envisaged uniting them into a single park. Unfortunately his grand plan was never realised but they can still be explored today.

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Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown bought the Manor of Fenstanton and Hilton in 1767 which can be explored in this 2 mile walk by Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust.