
Blaise Castle, Bristol
Bristol, Gloucestershire
The tri-lobe castle was built as a lookout for shipping on the River Severn. Humphry Repton was commissioned by John Scandrett Harford to produce a Red Book with three colour-coded drives up to the folly….

Dyrham Park
Bath, Gloucestershire
After his wife’s death in 1691, William Blathwayt transformed the original Tudor house and commissioned George London to design one of the greatest gardens in England.

Hidcote
Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire
Created by Lawrence Johnston at the beginning of the twentieth century, Hidcote has a series of rooms including Mrs Winthrop’s Garden, the Old Garden, Pillar Garden, Lower Stream Garden, White Garden and the Red Border.

Horton Court
Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire
The house was built in about 1521 by William Knight, Chaplain and Clerk of the Closet to Henry VIII. Knight travelled widely and The Ambulatory combines the medieval form of cloister with new ideas from Italy.

Kelmscott
Lechlade, Gloucestershire
The Manor House was built in the late 1500s and was bought in 1871 by William Morris. The layout of the buildings provides a series of small walled gardens, unlinked and unrelated….

Kiftsgate
Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire
Very different from its neighbour Hidcote, Kiftsgate has extensive views over the Vale of Evesham with three generations of the same family adding their own signature.

Newark Park
Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire
Newark was built by Sir Nicholas Poyntz in 1550s and has extensive views over the Ozleworth valley. The house and gardens were restored in the twentieth century by Robert Parsons.

Owlpen
Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the house and garden were bought by Norman Jewson who ‘saved this ancient house from ruin’. The gardens have been extended with box parterres and extensive tree planting.

Painswick
Painswick, Gloucestershire
Benjamin Hyett created the garden in 1740s to entertain his friends. Features include the Eagle House, the fish ponds, Hermitage, Gothic Alcove, Pigeon House, Plunge Pool and the Red House.

Rodmarton
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The house and garden were designed for the Biddulph family by Ernest Barnsley at the beginning of the twentieth century while Ernest’s brother Sidney made most of the furniture.

Sezincote
Moreton-in-March, Gloucestershire
Built by Charles Cockerell in 1805 and designed by his brother Samuel Pepys Cockerell, Sezincote has been admired by many. The gardens include the Upper and Lower Thornery, the Temple to Surya, the Snake Pool, and the Paradise Garden….

Snowshill
Broadway, Gloucestershire
The garden at Snowshill was laid out by Charles Paget Wade with the help of the architect M H Baillie Scott.

Stanway House
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Stanway House is thought to have been built by Sir Paul Tracy at the beginning of the seventeenth century and enlarged by his son. The formal landscape was developed in the mid-eighteenth century and includes terracing, the Long Canal, Pyramid, Arboretum and Cascade.

Sudeley Castle
Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
The Castle was damaged during the Civil War and was not restored until 1830s when it was bought by the Dent brothers who commissioned George Gilbert Scott to restore the house and chapel.

Westbury Court
Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire
Created in 1700s by Maynard Colchester, the garden is dominated by the central canal which lies between the Tall Pavilion and an iron gate beyond which is the A48.