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West Wycombe Park tel: 01494 513569 Area: Buckinghamshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-westwycombepark -- email: westwycombe {at} nationaltrust.org.uk |
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West Wycombe Park |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
Grounds only: 1st Apr - 31st May; Sun - Thurs; 2pm - 6pm, |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Tour of grounds and group visits by written arrangement |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| Adult £6.90, child £3.50, family £17.30. Grounds only: £3.50, child £2. Reduced rate when arriving by public transport |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: No Disabled Access: No |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: No |
Teas:
No Light Refreshment: No Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
| Other
Facilities: Dogs in car park only on lead. Braille guide available. Disabled parking nearby, but limited access. |
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| Garden Features | |||
| One of England's finest theatrical and Italianate houses; 18th-century home of Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the notorious Hellfire Club; Fine painted ceilings, pictures, furniture and sculpture; Rococo landscape gardens with statues, grottoes and ornamental lake | English Heritage Garden Grade: I | ||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Sir Franccis Dashwood and Thomas Cook |
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| West Wycombe Park is a perfectly preserved rococo landscape garden of 46 acres created in the 18th century by Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the notorious Hellfire Club. Numerous temples, including the Temple of Venus, a cascade, a lake with several islands and another temple, numerous fine trees and sweeping lawns provide a continuous series of interesting views as the visitor proceeds around the park, perhaps imagining the Bacchanalian feasts that took place here in its early years. | |||
| History of Garden | |||
| Created by Dashwood over a period of 45 years from 1735, the first phase was complete by 1752 but the new impetus for less formal and more natural landscapes led to the employment in 1770 of Thomas Cook, a pupil of 'Capability' Brown. He softened the formal appearance whilst retaining most of the earlier features. | |||
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| Inns & Pubs: George & Dragon |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: West Wycombe village West Wycombe Mill Hughenden Manor West Wycombe Caves |
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