Stourhead, Wiltshire - National Trust
Stourhead was one of the first country villas to be built in the new Palladian style. The central part of the house was destroyed by fire in 1902 but was restored and completed in 1907. It was given to the National Trust in 1947.
Its world-famous landscape garden has a magnificent lake, classical temples and grottoes with rare and exotic trees. Unfortunately, on the day I visited the lake had been partially drained for renovation work. What water remained was covered in algae and the Pantheon was covered in scaffolding and sheeting for restoration work. Such is life!
Stourhead, Wiltshire - National Trust
Stourhead was one of the first country villas to be built in the new Palladian style. The central part of the house was destroyed by fire in 1902 but was restored and completed in 1907. It was given to the National Trust in 1947.
Its world-famous landscape garden has a magnificent lake, classical temples and grottoes with rare and exotic trees. Unfortunately, on the day I visited the lake had been partially drained for renovation work. What water remained was covered in algae and the Pantheon was covered in scaffolding and sheeting for restoration work. Such is life!