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Cothay Manor Gardens tel: 01823-672283 Area: Somerset |
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| Visitor Information | www.cothaymanor.co.uk -- email: cothaymanor {at} btinternet.com |
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Cothay Manor Gardens |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
Gardens: Easter - 30th Sept; Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sun, BHs; 11am - 5.30pm, last entries 4.30pm. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes All groups by appointment, throughout the year |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 25th July |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Late May - end July |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| Adult, Gardens £6; Child (under 12) £2.50; House pre-booked in groups of 20+ only. Please contact for info pack |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
| Other
Facilities: Lunches, supper or light refreshments can be arranged for groups, similarly picnics. Please request info pack. 12th June - The Festival Players present 'The Tempest' in the Gardens at Cothay - Bring picnic, doors open 6pm - Box Office 01823 672283 19th June - St Margaret's Hospice 'Gardens, Plants and Food Fair' at Cothay on 19th June 10.30am - 4.30pm July - Antiques Fair in Cothay Manor dates to be confirmed - please check website August - Sculpture Month in the Gardens of Cothay |
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| Garden Features | |||
| Romantic plantsman's garden laid out in the 1920's, now restored and enhanced. 12 acres around classical medieval Manor Featured on national TV programme at end 2008 |
English Heritage Garden Grade: II* | ||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Reginald Cooper DSO; Alastair & Mary-Anne Robb |
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| This magical, romantic garden surrounds what is said to be the most perfect example of a small classic mediaeval manor. Many garden rooms, each a garden in itself, are set off the 200yd yew walk. In addition there is a bog garden with azaleas and drifts of primuli, fine trees, a cottage garden, courtyards, and a river walk through 5 acres of young specimen trees. A plantsman's paradise of 12 acres. |
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| History of Garden | |||
| The gardens at Cothay were laid out in the 1920's by Colonel Reginald Cooper. Reggie Cooper was Harold Nicholson's (Sissinghurst) oldest friend. They were at school together, in the Diplomatic Corps, and were friends of Laurence Johnson (Hidcote), and Lutyens. This band of gardeners exchanged ideas and in Harold Nicholson's diaries there is mention that "Reggie came to stay and advised me on the length of the bowling green". It is interesting that Cothay was laid out in the 1920's and Sissinghurst in 1932. A garden writer recently described Cothay as the Sissinghurst of the West Country. In 1993 the present owners, Alastair & Mary-Anne Robb found the gardens in need of total restoration. The gardens were gutted but the original Reggie Cooper structure was retained. The yew hedges were restored and the garden rooms, off the 200yd yew walk, have all been re-designed. New gardens have been created including a bog garden in the Oxbow, formed when Reggie Cooper moved the River Tone to save his favourite Pine trees from erosion. An Arboretum has been planted, a small lake dug, a mound created, and a wild flower meadow sown. The restoration, which is on-going, is now in its fourteenth year. |
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| Nearby Somerset Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Greenham Hall, Thorne Manor, Thorne St. Margaret |
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| Inns & Pubs: The Globe, Appley |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Wellington, Somerset |
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