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Garden Name: Ammerdown House
Last Modified: 13/01/2011
Garden ID: 0315

pic: 0315_Ammerdown.jpg

Owner: Mr. Andrew Jolliffe
Address:
Radstock
Bath

Postcode: BA3 5SH
County: Somerset

tel: 01761 432227
fax: 
website: 
email: atpjolliffe {at} yahoo.co.uk

Features: 


English Heritage Grade:


Opening Times:
Easter Monday (25 April), First May Bank Holiday (2 May), End of May Bank Holiday (30 May), and end of August bank hol (29 August).

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
Spring

To see: 


National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: No
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult £4; Child free; Over 60s £3

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: No
Shop: No
Plants for Sale: No
Lunches: No
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: No
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: No

Other Facilities:



Designer: Lutyens
Description of Garden:
The formal garden was a brilliant conception by Lutyens who wanted to link the house with the beautiful Orangery. He used a number of visual "tricks" which are not apparent to the visitor walking through the 'rooms' of yew and sculpture and parterre. He created an effect which cleverly combines originality and grandeur. 

Massive yew planting, now mature and nearly four metres high, creates enclosed formal areas which lead irresistibly from one room to the next - the spaces between being almost entirely filled with hedging. There are also some particularly clever details, such as the clipped Portugese laurels, honeysuckles trained over wired umbrellas, ancient lemon verbenas in pots in the Orangery and on the terraces.

Daffodils, cowslips and magnificent magnolia are Spring features; roses, dahlias and wild orchids are Summer delights, complementing the fountains and statues at all seasons.


History: 
The Bath-stone house was designed by James Wyatt in 1790; it was originally surrounded on three sides by open parkland with panoramic views, and with a walled kitchen garden to the north.

Local Inns: 
Wheatsheaf, Combe Hay
George Inn, Norton St. Philip

Accomodation: 
Garden House Hotel, Frome
Monmouth Lodge, Norton St. Philip

Restaurants: 


Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Bath