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Stonor Park tel: 01491 638587 Area: Oxford |
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| Visitor Information | www.stonor.com -- email: jweaver {at} stonor.com |
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Stonor Park |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
4th Apr - 19th Sept; Suns & BH Mons; 1pm - 5.30pm, last entry 4.30pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes by appointment |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes House and/or gardens available for private parties of 20+ on Tues, Wed & Thurs from 1st Apr - 30th Sept. |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| House & Garden, Adult £8; First child (5-16) £4; 2 or more children free, Children under 5 free Garden only, £4., First child (5-16) £2; 2 or more children free, Children under 5 free Private tours Tues - Thurs, 6th Apr - 18th Sept (min 20 pers. max 55) Adults £9; Child £4.50 Tour with lunch £22pp, coffee is £2pp Afternoon tour with tea etc. £13pp). Evening tour with light supper £22pp School parties £4 (2 teachers free per 20 pupils) |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: No Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
| Other
Facilities: Lunches by appointment only. Site is unsuitable for physically disabled. |
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| Garden Features | |||
| English Heritage Garden Grade: I | |||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| Stonor Park is a large 3-acre garden behind the Mansion House on a south-facing slope, with spectacular views of the beautiful wooded deer park across and down 2 valleys. The garden features in a 17th century picture which is on public view in the house. The garden is divided between the original pleasure garden directly behind the house with 17th century terraces and 2 ponds. Adjacent to that is the old kitchen garden now planted with large and long rose and shrub borders interspersed with mature and large apple trees as well as clipped yew trees and long home-grown box hedges. Flowers include daffodils and narcissi to the north of the walled garden, good blocks of irises, roses and herbaceous plants. At one end of the long northern border is a pretty summer house built circa 1920. |
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| History of Garden | |||
| We have no knowledge of who designed the garden, except that the present Lady Camoys in the 1980's converted the old kitchen garden to the north west of the house into an enlarged pleasure garden. Mention of a new garden is made in 1480 in the family papers, and recent research provides evidence of a walled medieval garden with terraces to the south of the house. This area is now a large lawn open to the park in typical 18th century taste. To the west of the house and directly behind it, the original pleasure garden remains with two 19th century ponds and an early 20th century summerhouse. In the 19th century, glass houses were built along the northern wall, but have now been removed. |
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| Nearby Oxford Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: The Knoll, Shiplake |
Restaurants: several in Henley-on-Thames |
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| Inns & Pubs: Walnut Tree, Fawley Stag & Huntsman Inn, Hambleden Five Horseshoes, Maidensgrove |
Villages / Towns
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  - Oxford |
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