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Garden Name: Arlington Court
Last Modified: 09/02/2010
Garden ID: 0418

pic: 0418_ArlingtonCourt.jpg

Owner: National Trust
Address:
Arlington
Barnstaple

Postcode: EX31 4LP
County: Devon

tel: 01271 850296
fax: 01271 851108
website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/arlington
email: arlingtoncourt {at} nationaltrust.org.uk

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 Grade:
II

Opening Times:
13th Feb - 21st Feb; daily; 11am - 3pm
27th Feb - 7th Mar; Sat & Sun; 11am - 3pm
13th Mar - 31st Oct; daily; 11am - 5pm
6th Nov - 19th Dec; Sat & Sun; 11am - 3pm
20th Dec - 28th Dec; Sun - Thurs; 11am - 3pm
Grounds open all year, dawn to dusk
Last admission 30mins before closing

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National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
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Parties / Coaches: Yes 
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Viewing by Appointment: Yes
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House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: 13th Feb - 21st Feb; daily; 11am - 3pm
27th Feb - 7th mar; Sat & Sun; 11am - 3pm
13th Mar - 31st Oct; daily; 11am - 5pm.

Admission Prices:
Adult £7.80, child £3.90, family £19.50 family (1 adult) £11.70.
Gardens & Carriage Collection only: £5.60, child £2.80.

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

Other Facilities:



Designer: 
Description of Garden:
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: 
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.

Local Inns: 
Pyne Arms
The Old Station Inn
Ring O'Bells

Accomodation: 
Barnstaple Hotel, Barnstaple
Valley of Rocks Hotel, Lynton

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