Buckinghamshire Gardens

A gabled manor house begun in the 15th century with 16th century alterations. Once the home of the Russell's Earls of Bedford. There are several unusual architectural features, including a secret hiding hole, and a medieval undercroft, plus a collection of antique dolls.
Garden: An intriguing mix of historical garden styles surrounding a 15th century manor. There are Tudor gardens, a hedge maze, a physic garden, and a Victorian kitchen garden to visit.
Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England, WD3 6ER

Attraction Type: Historic House
Location: off A404
Phone: 01494 762 888
Historic Houses Association
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OS Grid TQ015984
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A very good example of a traditional English country house walled garden, set beside 17th century Claydon House. Claydon is the ancestral home of the Verney family, and the garden was laid out by John Sanderson between 1763 and 1776 for the 2nd Earl Verney.
The Estate Office, Claydon House Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire, England, MK18 2EX

Attraction Type: Garden
Location: Located behind Claydon House (National Trust). Follow brown signs from A41, A421, and A413. Generally open from March to November.
Website: Claydon Estate Gardens
Email: ifo@claydonestate.co.uk
Phone: 01296 730252
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OS Grid SP720 253
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Stately home, now let as a hotel, with formal gardens, including temples, fountains, and statues, woodland walks, water garden, rose garden, and herbaceous borders. Good views of the Thames. The present house, the third on the site, was built in 1851 by Charles Barry. Once the home of Nancy, Lady Astor, it is now let as a hotel and is open only on certain days. Admission to house by timed ticket.
Garden: This spectacular estate overlooking the River Thames has a series of gardens, each with its own character, featuring topiary, statuary, water gardens, a formal parterre and woodland and riverside walks with magnificent vistas. more...
Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England, SL6 0JA

Attraction Type: Historic House
Location: on B476, W of Maidenhead
Website: Cliveden
Email: cliveden@nationaltrust.org.uk
Phone: 01628 605 069
Fax: 01628 669 461
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OS Grid SU915 851
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This museum is housed in 'Orchard Side', the former home of 18th century writer and poet William Cowper. Among Cowper's friends was Rev. John Newton, co-author of the hymn 'Amazing Grace' and active anti-slavery campaigner. The museum contains exhibits illustrating the life and times of the two men.
Garden: Carefully accurate restoration of 18th century gardens of keen gardener William Cowper are an interesting part of the museum documenting the lives of Cowper and Rev. John Newton.
Orchard Side, Market Place Olney , Buckinghamshire, England, MK46 4AJ

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: 6 m N Newport Pagnell
Website: Cowper and Newton Museum
Phone: 01234 711 516
Fax: 01234 711 516
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OS Grid SP889 512
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Dorneywood Garden is a combination cottage and kitchen garden in 1930s style, set around a xxth century house. The garden features a lily pond, stylish conservatory, rose garden, and herbaceous borders.
Dorneywood Road, Dorneywood Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, SL1 8PY

Attraction Type: Garden
Location: 1.5 miles north of Burnham village
Website: Dorneywood Garden
Email: dorneywood@nationaltrust.org.uk
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OS Grid SU938848
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Hughenden Manor was the home of Victorian prime minister and statesman Benjamin Disraeli from 1848 until his death in 1881. Most of his furniture, books and pictures remain in this, his private retreat. There are beautiful walks through the surrounding park and Chiltern woodlands and the garden is a recreation of the colourful design of his wife, Mary Anne.
Garden: There are beautiful walks through the park and Chiltern woodlands surrounding the home of Victorian statesman Benjamin Disraeli, and the garden is a recreation of the colourful design of his wife, Mary Anne.
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, HP14 4LA

Attraction Type: Historic House
Location: 1.5 m N High Wycombe, on the A4128. Park either at Hughenden church and walk up to the house, or follow the road to the National Trust parking area near the house.
Website: Hughenden Manor
Email: hughenden@nationaltrust.org.uk
Phone: 01494 755573
Fax: 01494 474284
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OS Grid SU866 955
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The National Trust calls Stowe "Britain's largest work of art", and they may be right. A Georgian garden replete with temples, arches, bridges, and allegorical statements built into the landscape. Peaceful woodland walks, planned vistas with monuments as a focal point. Capability Brown was head gardener at Stowe for ten years, and much of his work survives. Many garden buildings have been beautifully restored and thousands of shrubs and trees have been planted in recent years. Restoration work continues in the gardens and the house. The gardens belong to The National Trust but Stowe House (not National Trust) is occupied by Stowe School to which group visits can be arranged by appointment, Tel: 01280 818282. more...
Stowe School, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, MK18 5EH

Attraction Type: Garden
Location: 3 m NW Buckingham, off A422
Website: Stowe Landscape Gardens
Email: stowegarden@nationaltrust.org.uk
Phone: 01280 822 850
Fax: 01280 822 437
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OS Grid SP665 366
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Waddesdon manor was built between 1874 and 1889 in the style of a 16th-century French chateau for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to entertain his guests and display his vast collection of art treasures. It houses an extraordinary assemblage of French 18th-century decorative arts to rank in importance with the Metropolitan Museum, New York and the Louvre in Paris. Outstanding paintings include portraits by Gainsborough and Reynolds and works by Dutch and Flemish masters of the 17th century. Waddesdon has one of the finest Victorian gardens in Britain and is renowned for its seasonal displays. A Rococo-style aviary houses a splendid collection of exotic birds and vintage Rothschild wines are found in the wine cellars.
Garden: Grand landscape with sinuous walks, fountains, formal terraces, an aviary, and a parterre. Good selection of trees both native and exotic. Best in: spring-autumn.
Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, HP18 OJH

Attraction Type: Historic House
Location: 6 m NW Aylesbury, on A41
Website: Waddesdon Manor
Email: waddesdonmanor@nationaltrust.org.uk
Phone: 01296 653 226
Fax: 01296 653 212
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OS Grid SP740 169
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The house is one of the most theatrical and Italianate mid-18th-century buildings in England with facades designed as classical temples. The interior has Palmyrene painted ceilings and decoration, and pictures, furniture and sculpture all dating from the time of the 2nd baronet, Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the Dilettanti Society and infamous member of the Hellfire Club. The interior remains as he left it in 1789, a splendid rococo symphony of marble, marquetry, and intricate plasterwork. Dashwood also created the perfectly preserved rococo landscape garden set in the beautiful Chilterns countryside. West Wycombe village also belongs to the National Trust but West Wycombe Caves and adjacent café are privately owned.
Garden: Carefully preserved rococco landscape garden by Sir Francis Dashwood is the perfect counterpart to the theatrical, Italianate home he created in the mid-18th century. There is no shortage of statues and grottoes, and the ornamental lake reflects the mature trees of the park.
West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, HP14 3AJ

Attraction Type: Historic House
Website: West Wycombe Park
Phone: 01494 513 569
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OS Grid SU828 947
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Extensive gardens surrounding an elegant manor, Wotton was created in the mid-18th century by the Evelyn's, John and George. The manor is now a conference centre.
Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England, HP18 0SB

Attraction Type: Garden
Email: david.gladstone@which.net
Phone: 01844 238 363
Fax: 01844 238 380
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OS Grid SP685161
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