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Garden Name: Blaise Castle House
Last Modified: 26/01/2011
Garden ID: 0385

pic: 0385_BlaiseCastle.jpg

Owner: Marion Briton
Address:
The Stable Block
Henbury

Postcode: BS10 7QS
County: Bristol

tel: 0117-9639174
fax: 
website: 
email: general.museum {at} bristol.gov.uk

Features: 
Historic landscape including spectacular scenery with Gorge and Castle Folly, carriage drive, timber lodge and thatched dairy.
Blaise Castle House Museum (Museum of Social History), open Easter - October.
Stratford Mill.

English Heritage Grade:
II*

Opening Times:
November - Easter : Saturday & Sunday: 10.30am-4pm 
Easter - 31 October : Wednesday to Sunday 10.30am-4pm

Best Times of Year to Visit: 


To see: 


National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: No
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: 
Comments: Museum open all year; Sat - Wed ; 10am - 5pm.
Folly castle open every third Sunday 2pm - 4.30pm
Guided walks: Sundays 29 June, 7 Sept, 23 Nov; 10.30am

Admission Prices:
No charge.

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

Other Facilities:
Children's play area.


Designer: Sir Humphry Repton
Description of Garden:
A spectacular drive up to the house through the gorge passes a Robber's Cave and the Lover's Leap. Wonderful views abound. The house is set in 400 acres of historic landscaped country park, once the home of the Harford family. Close to the house are the orangery and an ornamental dairy, both designed by Nash, as was Blaise Hamlet.


History: 
Human occupation of the site goes back to 3,000 B.C. during the Iron Age (c.650 BC - c.AD 43) there was a hill fort on Castle Hill. The estate was bought by Thomas Farr in 1762, but passed to Scandrett Harford in 1789 who had the house designed by William Paly.

Local Inns: 
Bowl Inn, Almondsbury
Anchor Inn, Oldbury-on-Severn

Accomodation: 
Penylan, Caldicot, Monmouth

Restaurants: 
Harveys Restaurant, Bristol
Howard Restaurant, Bristol
Glass Boat Restaurant, Bristol

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Bristol
SS Great Britain