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Abbots Ripton Hall |
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Abbots Ripton Hall tel: 01487 773555 Area: Cambridgeshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.abbotsriptonhall.co.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Abbots Ripton Hall Cambridgeshire All details updated* as of: 22/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
21st and 22nd June; 10am - 6pm (all charities days) |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Private visits can be arranged. |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: June and July |
To
see: Roses and herbaceous borders. |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| £7; Children under 15 free. (By appointment, parties of 12 or more) |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Over 100 trade stands. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Major Charity Garden show. Antiques Valuation by Cheffins, Art Show, NAFAS East of England Floral Art Shoo, Show Gardens, Schools Competition etc. |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The gardens contain many fine old trees, including elms injected annually against Dutch elm disease, and some very rare ones, such as the lovely Acer Cappadocicum and the Fraxinus Angustifolia 'Raywood', whose leaves turn purple in autumn. Spectacular roses include the very old 'Rosa Shailer's White Moss' replanted in 1940 in the herbaceous border by Lord de Ramsey's mother, though first recorded in 1788. | |||||||||||||
| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| The Abbots Ripton Estate has grown from 2,000 acres, originally purchased in 1737 by Coulson Fellowes, and now totals some 5,700 acres. The first member of the Fellowes family to live at Abbots Ripton Hall was another Coulson Fellowes - grandfather of the present Lord De Ramsey. During WWI the hall was converted into a hospital and administered by Lord de Ramsey's great-grandmother, daughter of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and aunt of Winston Churchill. When the Lord De Ramsey's father took up residence in the hall in 1937, the gardens contained many fine old trees - an ideal framework for his parents to build up the gardens to the eight acres seen today. Humphrey Waterfield, in the 1950's, designed the Rose circle and Grey Border and added rare trees to the arboretum. Other plantings were undertaken by Lanning Roper and Jim Russell. Peter Foster, surveyor to Westminster Abbey, designed the architectural features including the Gothic Trellis and Constable Pavilion. |
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| Nearby Cambridgeshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Old Bridge Hotel, Huntingdon Magdalene House (B&B), Wyton Green (www.magdalene-house.co.uk) |
Restaurants: |
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| Inns & Pubs: The Three Horse Shoes, Abbots Ripon |
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