*************
Garden Owners,
Please copy this information and paste it into an email to:   wb [at] armchair-travel [dot] com

Please make any changes in BRIGHT RED in your email back to us.

Regards,
Armchair Travel Co Ltd
http://www.armchair-travel.com
*************



Garden Name: Rousham House
Last Modified: 13/01/2011
Garden ID: 0069

pic: 0069_roushamhouse.jpg

Owner: Charles Cottrell-Dormer
Address:
Nr. Steeple Aston
Bicester

Postcode: OX25 4QX
County: Oxford

tel: 01869 347 110
fax: 01869 347 110
website: www.rousham.org
email: ccd {at} rousham.org

Features: 
William Kent Garden .

English Heritage Grade:
I

Opening Times:
Daily all year; 10am - 4.30pm, last entry.

Best Times of Year to Visit: 


To see: 


National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: only open by prior arrangement to groups of 12 people+.

Admission Prices:
Garden: Adult £5; Children under 15 can not be admitted.
House: £10, incl. garden
Groups: min charge £100, any day May - Sept incl.

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

Other Facilities:



Designer: William Kent
Description of Garden:
Rousham represents the first phase of English landscape design and remains almost as Kent left it. It is one of the few gardens of this date to have escaped alteration, with many features which delighted eighteenth century visitors to Rousham still in situ, such as ponds and cascades in Venus' Vale, the Cold Bath, and seven arched Praeneste, Townsend's Building, the Temple of the Mill, and on the skyline, a sham ruin known as the 'Eyecatcher'. There is also a lovely walled garden with herbaceous borders, a small parterre, pigeon house and espalier apple trees.


History: 
Rousham House and its gardens are largely the work of William Kent (1685-1748).

The house, originally built in 1635 by Sir Robert Dormer, is still in the ownership of the same family. Kent added the wings and stable block and made alterations to the interior.

Local Inns: 
Horse and Groom, Caulcott
Falkland Arms, Great Tew
Red Lion, Steeple Aston

Accomodation: 
Holt Hotel, Steeple Aston
Falkland Arms, Great Tew

Restaurants: 


Village/Town/Sightseeing: