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Arlington Court tel: 01271 850296 Area: Devon |
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| Visitor Information | www.nationaltrust.org.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Arlington Court Devon All details updated* as of: 18/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
2 Mar - 9 Mar 08, 12 - 4, Sundays |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| £7.09, child £3.54, family £17.72, family (1 adult) £10.63. Groups £6.60. Gardens & Carriage Collection only: £5.09, child £2.54. Sats July & Aug (gardens & bat cave only) £3, child £1.50. Gardens only Nov & Dec £2.50, child free | |||||||||||||
| 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: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Intimate and intriguing Regency house, set in extensive estate, and impressive collection of horse-drawn vehicles; The Trust's largest collection of horse-drawn carriages, Varied collections of eccentric traveller Rosalie Chichester; View Devon's largest colony of lesser horseshoe bats via the 'bat-cam' (May to August); Charming Victorian pleasure grounds; Home to Jacob sheep, red deer and peacocks; Carriage rides around the grounds | English Heritage Garden Grade: II | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The grounds at Arlington Court are largely informal, with large clumps of rhododendron, hydrangeas, specimen trees and drifts of wildflowers in the spring. The exception is the Victorian garden, which extends across three levels of grass with a conservatory as its centrepiece. The conservatory is planted with plumbago, lilies, Daphne odora, Solanum jasminoides, Cestrum newellii, plus a collection of liriope, tender fuchsia and Jasminum polyanthum which fills the air with its heady scent when it flowers. The herbaceous borders beside the conservatory are full of colour in the summer from perennials while the high wall behind hides a partially restored kitchen garden. Circular flower beds have been cut into one of the terraces to recreate basket beds filled with bedding plants, and enclosed by ironwork frames through which cobaeas grow. The looped pattern is echoed by the arches of honeysuckle which flank a goldfish pond and fountain on the middle terrace of the garden. To the south of the Victorian garden are spectacular clumps of red, pink and white rhododendrons, ferns, pampas grass and gunnera. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| The Victorian flower garden was laid out in 1865. The house is Georgian and is surrounded by what was originally conceived as a wildlife sanctuary by Rosalie Chichester, with a lakeside nature reserve at its heart, for her menagerie of domestic animals, some of whom still graze the park. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Devon Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Barnstaple Hotel, Barnstaple Valley of Rocks Hotel, Lynton |
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| Inns & Pubs: Pyne Arms The Old Station Inn Ring O'Bells |
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