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Barford Park

Barford Park
Enmore, Spaxton
Bridgwater

TA5 1AG

tel: 01278-671269
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Area: Somerset
Show Map Location:
Overview Map (30 Km)
Detailed Map (1.5 Km)

Visitor Information

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Barford Park
Somerset
All details updated* as of: 23/04/2007

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids

Opening Days and Hours

Open only by appointment.

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Up to 45 people.

Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes

House Open for Viewing: Yes

National Garden Scheme days: No

Best Times of Year to Visit:
Late May and June.

To see:
Primulas in the Water Garden.

Admission Prices

Adult, House and Garden £3.50; Garden only £2.

Onsite Facilities

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: No
Plants for Sale: No
Lunches: No

Teas: Yes
Light Refreshment: No
Picnics: No

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

Other Facilities:
Disabled access is possible to most of the garden.

Garden Features

English Heritage Garden Grade:

National Collection:

Description of Garden

Designer: Dame Sylvia Crowe

Barford Park is noted for its quiet seclusion and the lovely Georgian house with its small-scale but perfect landscaping melding into the surrounding farmland. The park, with its many fine trees, is divided from the gardens by a ha-ha. The terrace and lawns are complemented by a pond with goldfish and there is a woodland and water garden with rhododendrons, azaleas, primulas and gunnera. The walled flower garden can be viewed from the house and is almost an extension of it.

History of Garden

The House was originally a farmhouse with a two-storey Queen Anne front added in 1710. The top storey and wings were added in 1750 and the gardens were laid out at about the same time. The Everard family of Otterhampton owned the estate from the early 19th century until it was sold to the Stancombs, the present owners, in 1956. By then both the house and gardens were in a very bad state, but restoration was begun in 1960 to a design by Dame Sylvia Crowe.

Nearby Somerset Hotels, Facilities & Amenities

Hotels & Accommodation:
Bashford's Farmhouse, West Bagborough.

Restaurants:

Inns & Pubs:
Blue Ball Inn, Triscombe, near Flaxpool.

Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Enmore
Quantock Hills.

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The garden information above was last updated on 23/04/2007

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