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Garden Name: Buscot Park
Last Modified: 01/02/2010
Garden ID: 0137

pic: 0137_BuscotPark.jpg

Owner: Lord Faringdon (National Trust)
Address:
Faringdon


Postcode: SN7 8BU
County: Oxford

tel: 01367 240786
fax: 01367 241794
website: www.buscotpark.com
email: estbuscot {at} aol.com

Features: 


English Heritage Grade:
II*

Opening Times:
1st Apr - 30th September; Wednesday - Friday and BH Mons & Good Fri. + weekends of :
 3/4, 17/18 April; 1/2, 15/16, 29/30 May; 12/13, 26/27 June; 10/11, 24/25, July; 14/15, 28/29 August; 11/12, 25/26 September. 2pm -6pm. Last admission to House 5pm and all BHs, 2pm - 6pm, last entry 5pm. 
Grounds only: 1st Apr - 30th September; Mon & Tues 2pm - 6pm
Info phone: 0845 345 3387

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
Apr, 
May & June

To see: 
Spring bulbs, Judas & Wisteria arch
Old roses, Four Seasons Walled garden and Swinging garden.

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: by booking with the Estate Office

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: Groups must book in writing or by fax or e-mail. Disabled visitors should book powered mobility vehicle in advance. 

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: as above

Admission Prices:
Adults £8, Grounds only £5; Child £4, Grounds only £2.50. NT members free.

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

Other Facilities:
Picnics only in picnic area adjacent to car park. No disabled access to house. Mobility vehicles available by prior booking. Partial access for the disabled. Plants and kitchen garden produce for sale occasionally.
Buscot Park Theatre, seating 62 people.


Designer: Harold Peto (Water Garden)
Description of Garden:
The deliberate surprise of the sudden view of the narrow vista, cut through the dense woods leading down to the lake, which terminates with the temple on its other side, never fails to entrance the visitor. It features canals, rills, still pools and cascades and walk encourages one to cross the water via a charming bridge; statues and herms provide interest along the way. In a separate area, walled gardens with fruit still growing on the walls, but now mainly devoted to flowers, are designed round a formal plan and feature a Judas tree tunnel. There is also a secret 'swinging' garden and imaginative avenue walks.


History: 
Edward Loveden Townsend, the first owner of the house, was probably responsible for the two lakes and dense belts of trees, as well as the walled kitchen gardens. Harold Peto was commissioned by Alexander Henderson, later Lord Faringdon, in 1904 to create an Italianate garden to connect his neo-Classical house to the 20 acre lake lying below it. The second Lord Faringdon cut more avenues in the trees in the form of a patte d'oie, or goose foot. Peter Coats created the Parent's Walk in 1986. There is a new water feature above the west side of the Four Seasons Walled Garden called the Faux Fall. This was designed by David Harber in 2007. It consists of a series of five highly polished steel vertical panels in graduated form and height over which water is pumped and which when viewed from across the opposite descending stairway to the walled garden appears like a cascade.

Local Inns: 
The Radnor Arms, Coleshill
The Bell, Langford
The Plough, Kelmscott

Accomodation: 
Buscot Manor, Faringdon
Cambrai Lodge, Lechlade
The White Horse, Woolstone, Faringdon
Lamb at Buckland
Trout at Tadpole Bridge, North of Buckland

Restaurants: 
The Swan, Southrop

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Buscot Village and Weir, 
Kelmscott Manor, Lechlade,
Filkins Woollen Mill,
Inglesham Church, 
Great Coxwell Tithe Barn