Avebury Manor & Garden
Avebury Manor & Garden is a National Trust property consisting of an early 16th-century manor house and its surrounding garden. Avebury Manor & Garden is located in Avebury, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.
The manor house is privately occupied, and part is open to the general public. The house was leased and restored by Alexander Keiller who took an intense interest in Avebury henge in the late 1930s.[1] The garden was completely redesigned in the early 20th century. The topiary and other formal gardens are contained within walls and clipped box, creating numerous "rooms".
In 2011, Avebury Manor became subject of the BBC One programme The Manor Reborn. [2] During the course of the programme, Avebury was refurbished by a group of experts, in collaboration with the National Trust.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Aslet, Clive (2010). "South-West England". Village of Britain: The Five Hundred Villages That Made the Countryside (U,K. edition ed.). UK and USA: Bloomsbury. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-7475-8872-6. "Taking a lease on Avebury Manor, he joined the ranks of the restorers who were transforming the manor houses of Southern England into the visual equivalent of romantic poetry, releasing the spirits of history that had been locked up in them by insensitive alterations"
- ^ LG. "BBC and National Trust partner in landmark BBC one series". Nationaltrust.org.uk. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-global/w-news/w-latest_news/w-news-bbc-and-national-trust-series.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
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- Details from listed building database (311450) . Images of England. English Heritage.
Coordinates: 51°25′43″N 01°51′33″W / 51.42861°N 1.85917°W
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