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Garden Name: Iford Manor
Last Modified: 26/01/2011
Garden ID: 0189

pic: 0189_iford.jpg

Owner: Mrs. Cartwright-Hignett
Address:
Bradford-on-Avon


Postcode: BA15 2BA
County: Wiltshire

tel: 01225-863146
fax: 01225 862364
website: www.ifordmanor.co.uk
email: info {at} ifordmanor.co.uk

Features: 


English Heritage Grade:
I

Opening Times:
April & October; Sundays & Easter Mon; 2pm - 5pm
May - Sept; Tues - Thurs, Sat & Sun; 2pm - 5pm

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
April - October.

To see: 
Architectural planting 
Evergreen designs.

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: 26th Apr; Sun

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: no
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult £5 Over 60s and students and children over 10 £4.50, Under 10 - Free during the week but weekends 0.50p Groups £5pp

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

Other Facilities:
Picnics only in car park. Housekeeper's teas available at weekends, tea and cake during the week.
Jazz Concerts and Operas during June-August; details from Iford Arts at www.ifordarts.co.uk


Designer: Harold Peto
Description of Garden:
This award winning Grade I Italianate garden, famous for its tranquillity and beauty, was the home of Edwardian architect and landscape gardener, Harold Peto, from 1899-1933. Unique and romantic, he created the garden using his vast collection of architectural fragments on this steep sided wooded valley set beside the River Frome. Characterised by pools and terraces, statues, sculptures, evergreen planting and magnificent rural views, the garden also boasts a fine cloister and casita set among many plants of botanical interest. Iford garden was the winner of Historic Houses Association/Christie's Garden of the Year Award.


History: 
Iford has been occupied since Roman times. The Manor House sits by the Frome River in this steep-sided valley. Iford Manor is mediaeval in origin, the classical facade being added in the eighteenth century when the hanging woodlands above the garden were planted. In 1899, Harold Ainsworth Peto discovered Iford and the individuality of the garden owes everything to his inspiration and eye for combining architecture and plants.

Local Inns: 
The Freshford Inn
Tollgate Inn, Holt
Hungerford Arms, Farleigh, Hungerford
The New Inn, Westwood

Accomodation: 
Limpley Stoke Hotel
Homewood Park, Hinton Charterhouse
The Cliffe Hotel, Limpley Stoke

Restaurants: 
The George, Norton-St-Phillip
The georgian Lodge, Bradford-on-Avon

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Bradford on Avon