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Castle Hill tel: 01598 760336 Area: Devon |
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| Visitor Information | www.castlehilldevon.co.uk -- email: |
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Castle Hill |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
1st Apr - 30th Sept; daily except Sat; 11am - 5pm. Last admission 4.30pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 22nd April 20th May. |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: April - June June - August |
To
see: Rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias, azaleas. Millennium Garden with lilies, agapanthus, phlox, penstemon. |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adult £4.50; Senior Citizens £4 children under 14 and disabled free. Groups of 20+ people £4pp. Season: Single £20; Double £35 |
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| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: No |
Teas:
No Light Refreshment: No Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Some facilities for disabled. See own website for events. Easter Bunny Hunt & Daffodil Weekend -12/13th Apr Teddy Bears Picnic - 2nd Aug Filleigh Fete - 15th Aug English National Sheepdog Trials - 21st -23rd Aug |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| English Heritage Garden Grade: I | ||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Lord Clinton, later 1st Earl Fortescue |
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| The parkland, studded with grass terraces and statues leads down to the river and lakes. On the east side of the house is the Millennium Garden, designed by Xa Tollemache, featuring large herbaceous borders edged with box and lavender and an illuminated "topiary" water sculpture designed by Giles Rayner in 2002. Following the path, the visitor then comes to the formal terraced lawns in front of the house where the eye is intentionally drawn to the Triumphal Arch at the end of a tree-lined avenue. The path to the west side of the house leads to the woodland gardens full of rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias, azaleas, hydrangeas and eucryphias, together with many beautiful shrubs and rare trees growing by the river, along the network of paths and in the Easter Close. The final climb brings the visitor to the Castle, perched on the hill behind the house, with wonderful views to Exmoor, Dartmoor and Lundy Island. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| Castle Hill was built in 1730 as the Earl Fortescue's family home in Devon. The Palladian House, in which his descendants, the Earl & Countess of Arran are living is set in 18th century parkland. Each generation of the Fortescue family has added to the temples, follies and other features of the park and gardens. | ||||||
| Nearby Devon Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Highbullen, Chittlehamholt Northcote Manor, Umberleigh |
Restaurants: Stumbles, South Molton The George, South Molton |
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| Inns & Pubs: Stags Head Inn, Filleigh The Jack Russell, Swimbridge |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Filleigh - Church - South Molton Quince Honey Farm Heritage Trail Pannier Market (Thurs & Sat) Museum (in summer). |
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