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Througham Court tel: 07974 257 064 Area: Gloucestershire |
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| Visitor Information | www.christinefacer.com/projects_througham1.html -- email: cafacer {at} googlemail.com |
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Througham Court |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
May - Sept by appointment. Parties of more than 20 people welcome. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes 40-seater coaches only, narrow single track road |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes By letter or email |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: June, July, September |
To
see: Lots of structure, then summer planting and in the autumn, late flowering perennials |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Parties of 20-40 people welcome; £15 (inclusive of VAT) per person to include coffee/biscuits (am visit) or tea/home-made cakes (pm visit) and 1.25h lecture tour around garden |
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| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: No Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Cold lunches by prior arrangement for groups 20-30 |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| Arts & Crafts garden with topiary/contemporary science-inspired garden: awarded 2* in the Good Gardens Guide. Featured in RHS The Garden magazine and BBC2 TV Alan Titchmarsh's Gardens Secrets. |
English Heritage Garden Grade: II* | |||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Norman Jewson and Dr. Facer Hoffman |
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| 17th century Jacobean house of architectural interest with 6 acres of formal/informal landscape overlooking a peaceful Cotswold valley. The garden is an amalgam of a 1930's Arts & Crafts garden laid out by the Cotswold architect, Norman Jewson, and contemporary areas added in the last 10 years. These areas are inspired by science and include Fibonacci's Walk; Cosmic Evolution Garden; Chiral Terrace and unusual gates and seats all designed by the owner- a landscape architect. |
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| Nearby Gloucestershire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: In Cirencester/Cheltenham |
Restaurants: In Cirencester/Cheltenham |
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| Inns & Pubs: The Bell Inn (Sapperton) Fosten's Ash (between Birdlip & The Camp) Daneway Inn (Daneway, Sapperton) |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Cirencester Miserden Sapperton |
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