Barrington Court: National Trust Souvenir Guidebook - Softcover

Lambert, Katherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911384082 ISBN 13: 9781911384083

Publisher: The National Trust, 2017

Synopsis

Discover the haunting echoes of the past at Barrington Court, a Tudor manor house lying at the edge of the Somerset levels. Follow in the footsteps of the Lyles as, together with the architect J.E. Forbes, they carefully brought the house back to life and filled it with people and parties and an astonishing collection of salvaged woodwork. Alongside the house are ornamental gardens, originally designed by Gertrude Jekyll and now planted sympathetically to her plans, as well as a large, working kitchen garden and vast orchards producing Somerset cider. This guidebook explores Barrington’s hidden history, from the surprising origin of some of its star attractions (a staircase from Scotland, a 16th-century screen from Norfolk), to its starring role in the television series, Wolf Hall, to its continued role as a working estate.

About this title

From the Author

Katherine Lambert has written on gardening for a range of national newspapers and magazines, including The English Garden, Gardens Illustrated and Hortus. She was Joint Editor of The Good Gardens Guide from 2004 to 2011, and is currently one of the National Gardens Scheme’s Assistant County Organisers for Cornwall. Her book, The Gardens of Cornwall, was published by Frances Lincoln in 2012. She is also author of Hell with a Capital H, the story of six survivors of Scott’s last expedition to Antarctica. She lives with her husband Jeremy Nichols in a farmhouse just north of Truro.

About this edition

• Publisher: The National Trust
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1911384082
• ISBN 13: 9781911384083
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 28