***************************************************************** * 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 *** Milton Lodge 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: Milton Lodge Last Modified: 19-04-2012 Garden ID: 0014 pic: 0014_MiltonLodge.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: Mr. & Mrs Mark Thistlethwayte Address: Wells Postcode: BA5 3AQ County: Somerset tel: 01749 672168 fax: website: www.miltonlodgegardens.co.uk email: emailnotinuse English Heritage Grade: II Opening Times: We are open from Good Friday until the end of October between 2pm and 5pm every: Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, Bank Holiday Best Times of Year to Visit: May, June, July To see: National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: By arrangement Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: Groups by arrangement House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Admission Prices: Adults £5.00, children under 14 FREE No dogs please. Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No Teas: Yes Refreshments: No Picnics: No Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: No Other Facilities: Features: Unrivalled panoramic viws of Wells Cathedral and Vale of Avalon Separate 7 acre arboretum Designer: Description of Garden: The entrance from the drive leads past a huge cedar, planted soon after the central part of the house was built at the end of the eighteenth century. Below the terrace, a variety of trees are underplanted with naturalised bulbs and wild flowers whcih provide a colourful display from March to May; some of the trees and shrubs include: Malus, (Golden Hornet), sorbus (Chinese- lace) diospyros lotus (date plum) and many more. At the end of the house, the stone path merges into a grass walk along the uppermost of Charles Tudway's four terraces. The gardens are a natural and peaceful oasis, they provide a pleasant contrast to the surrounding area. History: The garden of Milton Lodge was conceived about 1900 by Mr Charles Tudway, the present owner's grandfather. During the first ten years of this century, with the assistance of a garden design firm, Charles Tudway transformed the sloping ground to the west of the of the house into the existing series of architectural terraces, specifically to capitalise on the glorious views of the Cathedral and the Vale of Avalon. David Tudway Quilter inherited Milton Lodge and the garden - together with the surrounding agricultural estate - from his uncle, Captain Lionel Tudway RN, who died in 1962. The house had been left for some time before this to an impoverished Preparatory School for boys. During the next few years the garden was gradually restored to its former glory. Local Inns: Bull Terrier, Croscombe Accomodation: Tynings House, Wells The Old Farmhouse, Wells Riverside Grange, Wells Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: