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Garden Name: Hinton Ampner
Last Modified: 09/02/2010
Garden ID: 0030

pic: 0030_hintonampner.jpg

Owner: National Trust
Address:
Hinton Ampner
Bramdean
Alresford
Postcode: SO24 0LA
County: Hampshire

tel: 01962 771305
fax: 01962 793 101
website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-hintonampnergarden
email: hintonampner {at} nationaltrust.org.uk

Features: 
Elegant country house with highly distinctive gardens; The personal vision of Ralph Dutton, 8th and last Lord Sherbourne; Innovative colour schemes and scented plants; Glorious vistas over unspoilt Hampshire countryside; Gardeners on hand to answer questions and talk about their work; House contains a fine collection of Regency furniture and Italian paintings

English Heritage Grade:
II

Opening Times:
13th Mar - 31st Oct; Sat - Wed; 11am - 5pm
5 Dec - 20 Dec, 11 - 4, Sat & Sun
Walled garden, shop & tea room: weekends; 11am - 4pm; 27th/28th Feb, 6th/7th Mar and 6th - 28th Nov.
House open BH Mons and Good Fri 11am - 5pm. Last entry to garden 4:30. Last entry to house 4:45. Last admission 30mins before closing

Best Times of Year to Visit: 


To see: 


National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: 13th Mar - 31st Oct; Sat - Wed; 11am - 5pm
4th Dec - 12th Dec; Sat & Sun; 11am - 4pm

Admission Prices:
House & Garden: Adult £7.50, child £3.60.
Garden only: £6.35, child £3.15


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

Other Facilities:
Plants for sale on occasion. Picnics in car park only.


Designer: Ralph Dutton, 8th Lord Sherborne
Description of Garden:
"I have learned during the past years what above all I want from a garden: this is tranquillity". So said Ralph Dutton, 8th and last Lord Sherborne, of his garden at Hinton Ampner. He created one of the great gardens of the 20th century, a masterpiece of design based upon the bones of a Victorian garden, in which he united a formal layout with varied and informal planting in pastel shades. It is a garden of all year round interest with scented plants and magnificent vistas over the park and surrounding countryside. The garden forms the link between the woodland and parkland planting. 

His collection of English furniture, Italian paintings and hard-stones and indeed every aspect of the decoration at Hinton Ampner reflect Ralph Dutton's sure eye and fine aesthetic judgement. He placed the whole within the rolling Hampshire landscape that he loved and understood so well.


History: 
Ralph Dutton began creating the garden in 1930, and the house, which he remodelled into a small neo-Georgian manor house in 1936. He made further alterations when the house was reconstructed after a fire in 1960.

Local Inns: 
Hinton Arms, Hinton Ampner
The Fox, Bramdean
Globe on the Lake, Alresford

Accomodation: 
Hotel du Vin, Winchester
Royal Hotel, Winchester
Wessex Hotel, Winchester

Restaurants: 
in Alresford or Winchester

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Alresford 4miles
Winchester 8 miles