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Garden Name: Sezincote
Last Modified: 09/02/2010
Garden ID: 0027

pic: 0027_sezincote.jpg

Owner: Dr. E. Peake
Address:
Moreton-in-Marsh


Postcode: GL56 9AW
County: Gloucestershire

tel: 
fax: 
website: www.sezincote.co.uk
email: enquiries {at} sezincote.co.uk

Features: 


English Heritage Grade:
I

Opening Times:
Jan - Nov (closed December); Thursdays, Fridays & Bank Holiday Mondays; 2pm - 6pm, or earlier if dusk.

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: written appointment required 

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: Only May - Sept; Thurs & Fri; 2.30pm - 5.30pm.

Admission Prices:
Adult £5; Child £1.50; Under 5s Free.
House & Garden £8 (no children in House, except by special permission).
Groups out of hours (min. 25 people) - £10 group supplement for garden, £30 for house & garden.

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

Other Facilities:
Guide dogs only, house is on the hill side with gravel paths. Disabled Access - Partial. Tea and Cake served May - Sept.


Designer: 
Description of Garden:
In an Indian setting (the house was the inspiration for the Brighton Pavilion), the stream emerges from below a temple to Surya and descends via a series of pools and fountains to a lake. The 'Indian' Garden is in the cruciform Moghul style and perfectly complements the house, even though it was only designed in 1965.

The borders are planted with massed Rodgersias, hostas, campanula and other water-loving plants, surrounded by trees of unusual size, including cedars, copper beeches and limes. There is a curved orangery which protects tender climbing plants and an Indian Bridge, complete with Brahmin bulls, overlooks a Snake Fountain. The garden boasts wonderful autumn colours.


History: 
Possibly designed originally by H. Repton, the garden was restored in the 1950's by Lady Kleinwort and Graham Stuart Thomas - who also laid out the 'Indian Garden' on the south of the house.

Local Inns: 
Coach & Horses
Ganborough, Longborough

Accomodation: 
The Manor Hotel, Moreton-in-Marsh
Rectory Farmhouse, Stow-on-the-Wold
The Old Bakery, Blockley

Restaurants: 
Several in Moreton-in-Marsh

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Moreton-in-Marsh