The best of Dorset in words and pictures

A garden for all seasons

Pauline Caroline Jones has visited Mapperton Gardens

The view from the Italianate garden, looking towards the Manor

Let there be some formalism about the house to carry on the geometric lines
and enclosed feeling of architecture,
but let us step shortly from that into
wood and wild garden.’
Henry Avray Tipping (1855-1933)

A DEEP secluded combe, steeped in the most intriguing history, is the setting for Mapperton House and Gardens. Their known origins date back to the …

 

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