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Stow Hall |
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Stow Hall tel: 01366 383194 Area: Norfolk |
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| Stow Hall Norfolk All details updated* as of: 25/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||||||||||
12th Mar - 29th Oct; Wed; 10am - 4pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||||||||||
| Adult £3.50; Child free. | ||||||||||||||
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| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
No Light Refreshment: No Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: No |
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| Garden features in May issue of "The English Garden" | English Heritage Garden Grade: | |||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Lewes Kennedy (1812) |
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| The gardens at Stow have been a focal point for the quiet village for many years. The legacy of generations of keen gardeners in the Hare family continues to provide a beautiful, eclectic mix of plants, following the high fashions dictated in gardening over the centuries. Some would say the majestic trees, amongst them planes trees, beeches and cedars of Lebanon, are the main features, casting their deep shadows across the croquet lawns. Others prefer the Victorian kitchen garden - now a refuge for old varieties of apples - or perhaps the warm scented walls of the cloisters wreathed in roses. More roses cover the walls of the stableyard and house. Rose lovers will thoroughly enjoy visiting this interesting and beautiful old garden. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||||||||||
| The first hall was built by Nicholas Hare in 1589. The site is uncertain but there must have been gardens because the estate records quote a contract made in 1692 with Robert White "to sufficiently maintain and keep all and every garden, courtyards, orchard and walks belonging to Stow Hall". In 1712 the records show a list of plants required for the 'Wilderness' and for the Kitchen garden. The first Hall fell into a ruinous state and was pulled down at the end of the 1700's. The second was built in 1796 on the site of the present Hall. The gardens for the new house were designed by the leading nursery of the day, Lee and Kennedy of Hammersmith. When the third Victorian Hall was built there appears to have been little alteration to the garden, other than the building of another enormous conservatory to the south west of the Hall, which was pulled down after World War I. Since the Second World War there have had to be further alterations to the gardens. The third Hall was pulled down in 1995. |
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| Nearby Norfolk Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Spread Eagle, Barton Bendish |
Restaurants: Palmers, Downham Market - 01366 388124 |
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| Inns & Pubs: Hare Arms, Stow Bardolph Kings Arms, Shouldham Spread Eagle, Barton Bendish |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Holy Trinity Church (Norman), Stow Bardolph (Note the fine collection of monuments in Hare Chapel) Church Farm Rare Breeds Centre yards from the Gardens, open daily 10am -5pm Apr - Oct |
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