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Cranborne Manor Garden |
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Cranborne Manor Garden tel: 01725-517248 Area: Dorset |
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| Visitor Information | www.cranborne.co.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Cranborne Manor Garden Dorset All details updated* as of: 22/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
1st Mar - 30th Sept; Wed only; 9am - 5pm. Last admission 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: Yes 2nd Apr, 7th June |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Spring and Summer |
To
see: Spring bulbs and crab apple orchard. Herbaceous perennials. Old roses, clematis. |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| Adult £4; Child £0.50p; Over 60s £3.50. RHS members free with membership card. | |||||||||||||
| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Partial facilities for the disabled. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| English Heritage Garden Grade: II* | |||||||||||||
| National Collection: | |||||||||||||
| Description of Garden | Designer:
Mounten Jennings |
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| The beautiful and historic gardens of yew hedges, walled, herb, mount and wild gardens originate in the 17th century. They were originally laid out by Mounten Jennings, with John Tradescant supplying many of the original plants. Springtime at Cranborne is particularly good with displays of spring bulbs and the crab apple orchard in the wild garden. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| The main walls and turret stairs date from King John and the Middle Ages; the richly carved porches and mullioned windows and oak stairs are Jacobean; the Classic West wing and balustraded terraces of the Walled North garden were built during the reign of Charles I. The South Court and Gatehouses were built by Robert Cecil about 1612. The rest of the garden with its lawns, roses and cut yews follow the original plans as laid out by John Tradescant, gardener to King James I and Robert Cecil, the Yew Allee and some of the hedges being of that date. Cranborne Manor has been almost continually lived in for well over 300 years, ever since it was acquired by the Cecil family in the early 17th Century. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Dorset Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: La Fosse, Cranborne Alderholt Mill, Fordingbridge Fleur de Lys, Cranborne |
Restaurants: |
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| Inns & Pubs: Fleur de Lys, Cranborne Sheaf of Arrows, Cranborne Rose & Thistle, Rockbourne |
Villages / Towns
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  - Dorset |
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*Information
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