***************************************************************** * Gardens-Guide.com * 250,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in 2011 * 2,000 garden pages viewed per day from March to September 2011 * * 1,000+ Page Views! - One-Quarter of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com * were EACH viewed more than 1,000 times in 2011. * * 500+ Page Views! - HALF of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com were * EACH viewed more than 500 times in 2011. * ***************************************************************** *** UPDATE FORM *** Farnborough Hall 1) Please COPY the entire FORM BELOW 2) Make any changes in BRIGHT RED -OR- mark changed Section Headers with: *** 3) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED backto us: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** *** also - SEARCH ENGINE BOOSTING for both YOU and Gardens-Guide.com *** If your webmaster could place a link from your own website directly to your page on Gardens-Guide.com, this will improve it's rankings in Google and other search engines. Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Farnborough Hall Last Modified: 24-01-2011 Garden ID: 0266 pic: 0266_FarnboroughHall.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: National Trust Address: Banbury Postcode: OX17 1DU County: Warwickshire tel: 01295 690002 fax: website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-farnboroughhall email: farnboroughhall //at// nationaltrust.org.uk English Heritage Grade: I Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-farnboroughhall 2nd Apr - 28th Sep, 2-5:30, Wed & Sat 1st & 2nd May, 2-5:30, Mon & Sun Terrace walk open as house. Last admission 30mins before closing Best Times of Year to Visit: To see: National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: Admission Prices: Standard Admission House and garden: adult £5.25, child £2.60, family £13.20. Terrace walk only: adult £2.65, child £1.30, family £6.60 Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No Shop: No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: No Teas: No Refreshments: No Picnics: No Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: No Other Facilities: Strong shoes advisable for terrace. Features: Honey-coloured stone house with exquisite plasterwork and fine landscaped garden; Honey-coloured stone house, in a peaceful country setting; Some of the finest 18th-century decorative plasterwork in England; Superb landscaped garden, created in 1740s, remains largely unchanged; Terrace Walk with temples and lake views; Walks through parkland Designer: Description of Garden: A lovely serpentine uphill walk along a grass terrace of three quarters of a mile terminates in a lofty obelisk, but on the way the visitor passes a beautiful Ionic temple and an oval-shaped pavilion with a blue and white Rococo interior. The walk is flanked by trees and evergreen shrubs on one side and a laurel hedge with 33 bastions from which the Malvern Hills and Edge Hill can be viewed, as well as Holbech's river pool. Returning by the hexagonal Game Larder and stewponds, the visitor encounters the Sourland Pool and a cascade into the river pool, then a parterre of bush roses and an alcove seat as a satisfying finish to the tour. History: The estate has been in the Holbech family for more than 300 years and the honey coloured Palladian villa was built in 1745 by William Holbech, from the former manor house. He had undertaken the Grand Tour and immersed himself in Italian art and architecture. The garden and its buildings were designed with the help of his friend, the landscape gardener Sanderson Miller, and were completed in about 1751. Local Inns: George & Dragon, Chacombe Bell, Shenington Accomodation: Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: