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Blaise Castle House
 

Blaise Castle House
The Stable Block
Henbury

BS10 7QS

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Area: Bristol
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Blaise Castle House -- Bristol
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Visitor Information

Email: general.museum //at// bristol.gov.uk
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Blaise Castle House
Last Update*  11-01-2012
Bristol

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 Opening Days and Hours

NOTE for 2013: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open

November - Easter : Saturday & Sunday: 10.30am-4pm
Easter - 31 October : Wednesday to Sunday 10.30am-4pm

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: No

House Open for Viewing:
Museum open all year; Sat - Wed ; 10am - 5pm.
Folly castle open every third Sunday 2pm - 4.30pm
Guided walks: Sundays 29 June, 7 Sept, 23 Nov; 10.30am

National Garden Scheme days: No
Best Times of Year to Visit:
To see:
 Admission Prices
No charge.
 Onsite Facilities
Parking: No
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: No
Other Facilities & Comments:
Children's play area.
Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Garden Features & Events
Historic landscape including spectacular scenery with Gorge and Castle Folly, carriage drive, timber lodge and thatched dairy.
Blaise Castle House Museum (Museum of Social History), open Easter - October.
Stratford Mill.
English Heritage Garden Grade: II*
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer: Sir Humphry Repton
A spectacular drive up to the house through the gorge passes a Robber's Cave and the Lover's Leap. Wonderful views abound. The house is set in 400 acres of historic landscaped country park, once the home of the Harford family. Close to the house are the orangery and an ornamental dairy, both designed by Nash, as was Blaise Hamlet.
 History of Garden
Human occupation of the site goes back to 3,000 B.C. during the Iron Age (c.650 BC - c.AD 43) there was a hill fort on Castle Hill. The estate was bought by Thomas Farr in 1762, but passed to Scandrett Harford in 1789 who had the house designed by William Paly.
 Nearby Bristol Hotels, Facilities & Amenities


Hotels & Accommodation:
Penylan, Caldicot, Monmouth
Restaurants:
Harveys Restaurant, Bristol
Howard Restaurant, Bristol
Glass Boat Restaurant, Bristol
Inns & Pubs:
Bowl Inn, Almondsbury
Anchor Inn, Oldbury-on-Severn
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Bristol
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