Hanbury Hall is a Queen Anne style 18th-century redbrick stately home satiated in Hanbury, Worcestershire.
The Grade I listed building was built around 1701 (probably) by William Rudhall and the associated Orangery and Long Gallery pavilion are listed as Grade II*.
The property transferred into the ownership of the National Trust in 1953 and, in the 1990s, the Trust secured funding to restore the gardens – which had originally included a parterre (symmetrical patterns plant beds separated and connected by paths), a fruit garden and a wilderness area.
The gardens – originally commissioned by Thomas Vernon, the builder of Hanbury Hall, and designed by George London – had been almost entirely lost and were recreated by using plans, maps, paintings, archaeological and geophysical surveys to identify the position and scale of the original design.
The jewel in the crown is the magnificent parterre, which looks impressive all year round. (From the National Trust Website)
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Staycation
These images form part of a mini-series called ‘staycation’.
Staycation is a mini Covid-19 series that features trips to local tourist attractions, often National Trust properties, that represent an alternative to holidays away – as these have been curtailed by Covid-19 restrictions.
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All images © W N BISHOP
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