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Brandy Mount House

Brandy Mount House
Alresford

SO24 9EG

tel: 01962 732189
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Area: Hampshire
Show Map Location:
Overview Map (30 Km)
Detailed Map (1.5 Km)

Visitor Information

www.brandymount.co.uk

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Brandy Mount House
Hampshire
All details updated* as of: 21/02/2008

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids

Opening Days and Hours

1st June; Sun; 2pm - 5.30pm
6th July; Sun; 2pm - 5.30pm

Parties / Coaches: Yes

Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes
Please call 01323 844 248.

House Open for Viewing: No

National Garden Scheme days: Yes
1st June; Sun; 2pm - 5.30pm
6th July; Sun; 2pm - 5.30pm

Best Times of Year to Visit:
Spring

To see:
Snowdrops in Feb,
Daphnes in late March -May

Admission Prices

Adult £3; Children free. (no over 60's concessions)

Onsite Facilities

Parking: No
Lavatories: No
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No

Teas: Yes
Light Refreshment: No
Picnics: No

Dogs Allowed: No
On Lead only: Yes
Special Events: No

Other Facilities:
No parking at house, park at Station car park 5 mins. away. Teas Feb & Mar

Garden Features

One and a quarter acres with informal beds, woodland, terrace with alpines and an Alpine House.

English Heritage Garden Grade:

National Collection: Snowdrops (Galanthus), Daphne.

Description of Garden

Designer:

Brandy Mount House has about one and a quarter acres of informal gardens in a secluded location, even though it is very near the High Street of New Alresford. The garden is at its best in Spring with a wide range of bulbs, snowdrops, dwarf narcissi and anemones. Daphnes and alpines are found in terraced beds around the house and there is an Alpine House with a collection of European primulas, narcissi and saxifragus. There is alo a small potager with vegetables and flowers.

This is a good Spring garden, but, being on chalk, it tends to get dry in a hot summer and the herbaceous plants are seen at their best in late June and July. There is Autumn interest with colchicums, sternbergias and early snowdrops.

History of Garden

The garden was first enclosed from pasture in about 1940 when the surrounding trees, many of the apple, were also planted to keep the garden cool and secluded. The present owners, Mr. and Mrs. Baron, moved here about twenty years ago by which time the garden was very run down. They have steadily improved the layout of the garden and built up the collection of daphnes and snowdrops.

Nearby Hampshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities

Hotels & Accommodation:
Flower Pots Inn, Cheriton

Restaurants:

Inns & Pubs:
Globe on the Lake, Alresford
Tichborne Arms, Tichborne
Other pubs nearby

Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Alresford - an attractive small Georgian town with good shops.
Riverside Walk.
Steam Railway - Watercress line.

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The garden information above was last updated on 21/02/2008

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