Hinton Ampner


1) Please COPY the ENTIRE FORM below and paste it into an email to start

2) UPDATE your information carefully. We check it, but might not notice
any errors, etc.

3) Prefix the SECTION HEADERS with: ***
- Example: ***Opening Days: (new info)

4) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED back to us ASAP:
       wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com

****************************************************************
****************************************************************


Garden Name: Hinton Ampner
Last Modified (we set this): 26-02-2013
Garden ID (we set this): 0030

pic (we set this): 0030_hintonampner.jpg
NOTE: If "missing", then please send us a picture for
which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks!


Garden Owner: National Trust
Address:
Hinton Ampner
Bramdean
Alresford

Postcode: SO24 0LA
County: Hampshire
Country:

tel: 01962 771 305
fax: 01962 793 101

website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hintonampner

public email: hintonampner //at// nationaltrust.org.uk
admin / private email: (add here for GG-only usage)

group master website:

English Heritage Grade (I, II, II*): II


Opening Days & Times:
16th Feb - 31st Oct; Every Day; 10am - 5pm 2nd Nov - 27th Nov, Sat - Wed; 10am - 5pm30th Nov - 8th Dec; daily; 10.00am - 4.30pmLast entry to house 4:40.6 December open to 7pm. Last entry for December opening 4.00pm. Last admission 30 minutes before closing.


Parties / Coaches (Yes/No): Yes
Parties / Coaches Comments: Booking essential; group discounts apply

Viewing by Appointment (Yes/No): Yes
Viewing by Appointment Comments: 

House Open for Viewing (Yes/No): Yes
House Open Comments/Dates/Times: 16th Feb - 31st nov; Every day; 11am - 5pm 2nd Nov - 27th Nov, Sat - Wed; 11am - 5pm, 30 Nov - 8th Dec; daily; 10.30am - 4.00pm 6th Dec; 10.30am - 7.00pm

National/Scotland Garden Scheme days (Yes/No): Yes
NGS/SGS Comments (PLEASE include DATES and Times):
20th Apr; 15th Apr; 13th Jul; 14 Sept 10am -5pm


Best Times of Year to Visit:
Year round interest

...To see (pair by line with Best times to visit):
rose border late May/June; Dahlias from late Summer to first frosts.


Admission Prices:
Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets)House and garden: adult £8.50 (£7.70), child £4.10 (£3.70), family £21.20 (£19.20).Garden only: adult £7.20 (£6.50), child £3.60 (£3.25).February, November and December opening: adult £5.10 (£4.60), child £2.55 (£2.30), family £12.85 (£11.60).December opening: adult £5.10 (£4.60)


12 (Yes/No only) items follow here-
Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes

Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: No

Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: Yes

Other Facilities or Comments on (Yes/No) items above:
Property grown plants for sale on occasion. Dogs on leads allowed in park land


Special Features, Events/Dates and other comments:
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 paintingsFree Garden walks every Tuesday and Thursday from Feb to Oct.


National Collection:  

Garden 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.


Garden 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 (name, town):
Hinton Arms, Hinton AmpnerThe Fox, BramdeanGlobe on the Lake, Alresford

Accommodation (name, town):
Holiday Inn, WinchesterRoyal Hotel, WinchesterWessex Hotel, WinchesterPremier Inn, PetersfieldTravel Lodge, Four Marks

Restaurants (name, town):
in Alresford or Winchester

Village/Town/Sightseeing:
Alresford 4milesWinchester 8 miles