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Arlington Court

Arlington Court
Arlington
Barnstaple

EX31 4LP

tel: 01271 850296
fax: 01271 851108

Area: Devon
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Arlington Court -- Devon
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Arlington Court
Devon
All details updated* as of: 18/02/2008
Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

2 Mar - 9 Mar 08, 12 - 4, Sundays
16 Mar - 29 Jun 08, 10:30 - 5, Sun - Fri
30 Jun - 31 Aug 08, 10:30 - 5, every day
1 Sep - 2 Nov 08, 10:30 - 5, Sun - Fri
7 Nov - 21 Dec 08, 11 - 4, Fri - Sun
Special guided tours 2 & 9 March, 12-3. Booking essential. Whole property open Sats of BH weekends. Other Sats in July & Aug, only garden and bat-cam. Grounds open dawn-dusk, 1 Nov-31 Jan 09. Last admission 30mins before closing

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes

House Open for Viewing: Yes
16 Mar - 2 Nov 08, 11 - 5, Sun - Fri
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National Garden Scheme days: No
Best Times of Year to Visit:
To see:
 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
Other Facilities:
 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
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer:
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.
 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.
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