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Dogs in specified woodlands only not in garden garden & grounds largely accessible to wheelchair users 2 self-drive powered vehicles available and 4 wheelchairs available. WC car park 200 yds from the house ramped access to terrace restaurant and shop accessible.
Set on cliffs 200ft above the Thames, the present house is the third on the site, was built in 1851 by Sir Charles Barry, and once the home of Nancy, Lady Astor, is now a luxury hotel.
A large 18th century landscape magnificently sited high on an escarpment overlooking the Thames Valley.
There are themed gardens of historical interest including the early amphitheatre of 1723 and avenues and rides by Charles Bridgeman temple and pavilion by Giacomo Leoni late 18th century informal rides and viewpoints parterre from the 18th century French design famous from 1850s when planted in the Victorian manner by John Fleming who developed here the system of bi-annual displays of bedding plants the Long Garden has topiary and hedges of 1900 wall shrubs herbaceous borders in Gertrude Jekyll style Water Gardens in the eastern style and dating from the 1900s Glade Garden was designed by Geoffrey Jellicoe in 1959 and planted with
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