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Hinton Ampner tel: 01962 771305 Area: Hampshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Hinton Ampner Hampshire All details updated* as of: 07/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
15 Mar - 2 Nov 08, 11 - 5, Sat - Wed |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| £6.80, child £3.40. Groups £6.50. Garden only: £5.85, child £2.90 |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Plants for sale on occasion. Picnics in car park only. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Elegant country house with highly distinctive gardens; The personal vision of Ralph Dutton, 8th and last Lord Sherbourne; Innovative colour schemes and scented plants; Glorious vistas over unspoilt Hampshire countryside; Gardeners on hand to answer questions and talk about their work; House contains a fine collection of Regency furniture and Italian paintings | English Heritage Garden Grade: II | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Ralph Dutton, 8th Lord Sherborne |
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| "I have learned during the past years what above all I want from a garden: this is tranquillity". So said Ralph Dutton, 8th and last Lord Sherborne, of his garden at Hinton Ampner. He created one of the great gardens of the 20th century, a masterpiece of design based upon the bones of a Victorian garden, in which he united a formal layout with varied and informal planting in pastel shades. It is a garden of all year round interest with scented plants and magnificent vistas over the park and surrounding countryside. The garden forms the link between the woodland and parkland planting. His collection of English furniture, Italian paintings and hard-stones and indeed every aspect of the decoration at Hinton Ampner reflect Ralph Dutton's sure eye and fine aesthetic judgement. He placed the whole within the rolling Hampshire landscape that he loved and understood so well. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| Ralph Dutton began creating the garden in 1930, and the house, which he remodelled into a small neo-Georgian manor house in 1936. He made further alterations when the house was reconstructed after a fire in 1960. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Hampshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Hotel du Vin, Winchester Royal Hotel, Winchester Wessex Hotel, Winchester |
Restaurants: in Alresford or Winchester |
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| Inns & Pubs: Hinton Arms, Hinton Ampner The Fox, Bramdean Globe on the Lake, Alresford |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Alresford 4miles Winchester 8 miles |
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