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Owner: Mr and Mrs Simon Biddulph Address: Rodmarton Cirencester Postcode: GL7 6PF County: Gloucestershire tel: 01285 841 253 fax: website: www.rodmarton-manor.co.uk email: sarahpoperodmarton //at// yahoo.co.uk English Heritage Grade: II* Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.rodmarton-manor.co.uk Snowdrops: 6th, 13th, 17th and 20th Feb; from 1.30pm. Check their website for any changes. Then Easter Monday (25th Apr) opening of House & Gardens; 2pm -5pm then 1st May - 30th Sept.(not guided tours); Wednesdays, Saturdays and Bank Holidays; 2pm - 5pm. Best Times of Year to Visit: To see: National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: 20 or more. Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: Please specify guided tour of either house & garden, or just garden only. House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: with guided tours (1 hour) for groups of 15 or more, at other times by prior appointment. Admission Prices: Adult House+Garden £8, Garden only £5; Child House+Garden £4; Child 5-15 Garden only £1 (accompanied). Parties of over 30 people may be divided. Guided tours of garden £40 per group + individual entry fee Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: No Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: No Other Facilities: Tea and coffee, lunches and refreshments by arrangement when booking for parties of 20 or more. Features: Distinctive rooms formed by walls and hedges. Large herbaceous borders, Leisure Garden, Terrace, White Border, sunken garden, orchard, rockery and Kitchen Garden. New planting of ornamental trees. Designer: Ernest Barnsley Description of Garden: The garden was designed to comprise a series of outdoor rooms, or separate areas, each with its own character. There are walls and there are hedges of holly, box, beech and yew. These form the "walls" of the rooms. The original garden consisted of borders, lawns, topiary, two kitchen gardens and three tennis courts as well as the older trees that were on the site. The garden now has much more varied planting, including magnificent herbaceous borders, a troughery, rockery, roses and a collection of snowdrops. There are some fine vistas and good views. A new area of planting with ornamental trees has just been completed. History: Rodmarton Manor was one of the last country houses to be built in the old traditional style with everything being done by hand using local stone, local timber and local craftsmen. It was done at a time when mass factory and machine production had already become the norm. Ernest Barnsley and the Cotswold group of craftsmen, who built and furnished the house for Claud and Margaret Biddulph, beginning in 1909, were responsible for the revival of many traditional crafts in the Cotswolds which were in danger of dying out. Local Inns: Wild Duck Inn, Ewen Accomodation: Thames Head Inn, Trouble House Inn, Restaurants: Wild Duck Inn, Ewen Village/Town/Sightseeing: