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Iford Manor tel: 01225-863146 Area: Wiltshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.ifordmanor.co.uk -- email: info {at} ifordmanor.co.uk |
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Iford Manor |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
April & October; Sundays & Easter Mon; 2pm - 5pm |
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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: Yes 26th Apr; Sun |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: April - October. |
To
see: Architectural planting Evergreen designs. |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adult £5 Over 60s and students and children over 10 £4.50, Under 10 - Free during the week but weekends 0.50p Groups £5pp | ||||||
| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Picnics only in car park. Housekeeper's teas available at weekends, tea and cake during the week. Jazz Concerts and Operas during June-August; details from Iford Arts at www.ifordarts.co.uk |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| English Heritage Garden Grade: I | ||||||
| National Collection: | ||||||
| Description of Garden | Designer:
Harold Peto |
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| This award winning Grade I Italianate garden, famous for its tranquillity and beauty, was the home of Edwardian architect and landscape gardener, Harold Peto, from 1899-1933. Unique and romantic, he created the garden using his vast collection of architectural fragments on this steep sided wooded valley set beside the River Frome. Characterised by pools and terraces, statues, sculptures, evergreen planting and magnificent rural views, the garden also boasts a fine cloister and casita set among many plants of botanical interest. Iford garden was the winner of Historic Houses Association/Christie's Garden of the Year Award. | ||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||
| Iford has been occupied since Roman times. The Manor House sits by the Frome River in this steep-sided valley. Iford Manor is mediaeval in origin, the classical facade being added in the eighteenth century when the hanging woodlands above the garden were planted. In 1899, Harold Ainsworth Peto discovered Iford and the individuality of the garden owes everything to his inspiration and eye for combining architecture and plants. | ||||||
| Nearby Wiltshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Limpley Stoke Hotel Homewood Park, Hinton Charterhouse The Cliffe Hotel, Limpley Stoke |
Restaurants: The George, Norton-St-Phillip The georgian Lodge, Bradford-on-Avon |
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| Inns & Pubs: The Freshford Inn Tollgate Inn, Holt Hungerford Arms, Farleigh, Hungerford The New Inn, Westwood |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Bradford on Avon |
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