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Garden Name: Stancombe Park
Last Modified: 27-01-2011
Garden ID: 0184

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Owner: Mrs. Barlow
Address:
Stancombe
Dursley

Postcode: GL11 6AU
County: Gloucestershire

tel: 01453 542815
fax: 
website: 
email: 

English Heritage Grade:
I

Opening Times:
<b>NOTE for 2012</b>: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open 

Groups by appointment.

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
May / June
October

To see: 
Landscape gardens
Pattern border, Folly garden.

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: groups

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: No
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult £4.50; Child £1.

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

Other Facilities:


Features: 


Designer: 
Description of Garden:
Midway between Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge, Stancombe Park lies at the head of a valley below Stinchcombe Hill, a famous landmark of south Gloucestershire. The park comes up to the house, and is separated from the upper garden by a sweeping drive. The garden is clearly divided into two parts; the upper garden, the nearest one to the house, has been created out of the existing parkland, a row of sweet chestnuts and a few more trees which indicate a planting for other purposes than purely ornamental. The second garden, or the historic Folly Garden, is a very different proposition. The garden is reached by a romantic path, dropping past two small lakes to the main one.


History: 
The house was originally an early nineteenth century building, but a fire in the latter part of the last century has resulted in the two architectural styles.

Local Inns: 
The Black Horse Inn, North Nibley
Ram Inn, South Woodchester

Accomodation: 
The Swan Hotel, Wooton-under-Edge

Restaurants: 


Village/Town/Sightseeing: