One of several lakes at Stowe Park Estate near Buckingham.
Commentary.
Landscaped by Lancelot “Capability” Brown,
this estate is crowned by a Neo-Greco-Roman mansion,
now used as part of Stowe Public School.
Brown ensured that from the house a number of Classical structures would provide, eye-line, focal points within the Park Landscape.
These include the scaled-down copies of Greek Temples, like the one shown,
Obelisks, Columns with statues and a Corinthian Arch,
centred on the house, nearly a mile to the south-east.
The lakes and valleys provide slopes and water, to further enhance the vistas and present a variety of eco-systems.
Copse woodland and mature trees lining vast, sweeping lawns.
Wood-fringed lakes, streams and waterfalls.
Wild meadow land, farm-land and a maze of interconnecting drives and paths.
This lake is known as the Octagonal Lake.
A brood of Coot chicks briefly swam out into the open, but lily-covered, expanse of water.
Mum and Dad Coots ushered them back into the safety of the nest amongst the reeds, rushes and Water-Irises.
The adults then swam out to forage for food before returning to the nest.
Although far from natural, the Estate has matured and provides a very pleasant and relaxing environment, managed in recent times by the National Trust.
One of several lakes at Stowe Park Estate near Buckingham.
Commentary.
Landscaped by Lancelot “Capability” Brown,
this estate is crowned by a Neo-Greco-Roman mansion,
now used as part of Stowe Public School.
Brown ensured that from the house a number of Classical structures would provide, eye-line, focal points within the Park Landscape.
These include the scaled-down copies of Greek Temples, like the one shown,
Obelisks, Columns with statues and a Corinthian Arch,
centred on the house, nearly a mile to the south-east.
The lakes and valleys provide slopes and water, to further enhance the vistas and present a variety of eco-systems.
Copse woodland and mature trees lining vast, sweeping lawns.
Wood-fringed lakes, streams and waterfalls.
Wild meadow land, farm-land and a maze of interconnecting drives and paths.
This lake is known as the Octagonal Lake.
A brood of Coot chicks briefly swam out into the open, but lily-covered, expanse of water.
Mum and Dad Coots ushered them back into the safety of the nest amongst the reeds, rushes and Water-Irises.
The adults then swam out to forage for food before returning to the nest.
Although far from natural, the Estate has matured and provides a very pleasant and relaxing environment, managed in recent times by the National Trust.