Levens Hall

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Front view (2013)

Levens Hall is an English country estate on Kent in Cumbria , north of Morecambe Bay .

history

A document from 1170 proves that William of Lancaster Norman de Hieland ceded the land of Levens, but reserved the hunting and fishing rights. It appears that the former took the name Redland, as suggested by the name of the nearby Yealand Redmayne. A stone residential tower with Pallas was built in Levens Hall for Matthias de Redman in the 13th century. In 1393 Richard de Redman laid out a wildlife park on the site north of Levens Hall. In 1562 Allan Bellingham bought the property, presumably from funds he had obtained when the monastery was dissolved under Henry VIII . Most of the buildings visible today date from the 16th century when the Bellinghams expanded the complex. Ceilings and panels from this period have been preserved. The Bellinghams sold the property in February 1689 for £ 24,400 to Rittmeister James Grahme (Graham), the treasurer of James II of a lineage of notorious robber barons. In 1692 Graham had the south wing and a brewery built. In 1833 the manor belonged to Rittmeister Fulke-Greville Howard.

Levens Hall has been owned by the Bagot family since Josceline Bagot (1854–1913) inherited it from his childless great-aunt Mary Abbot.

garden

Garden around 1880

1694–1712 laid Guillaume Beaumont , the former head gardener of James II., The garden. He was also involved in the design of Hampton Court Palace . The garden was divided into four parts, this plan has been preserved to this day. Numerous trees and bushes were cut and artfully shaped. He mainly used yews , 25 of which have survived to this day. Two of the pruned trees are known as "King and Lady", others as Queen Elisabeth and her ladies-in-waiting. Then there is the “judge wig” and the Howard lion. Most of them show simple geometric shapes like cones or cubes. Today there are new trees in topiary . In 2001 the artist Julia Barton created eight “phytoforms” in which metal frames are planted with succulents.

The garden is open to the public. Also Bagot goat and several steam car of Foden , Fowler , Puritan and Sentinel are seen. The Ha-Ha was replenished to create a parking lot.

literature

  • Guy Cooper, Gordon Taylor 2002. The curious gardener's six elements of garden design. London, Headline, 34-37.
  • Chris Crowder 2005. The Garden at Levens. London, Frances Lincoln.

Web links

Commons : Levens Hall  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chris Crowder 2005. The Garden at Levens. London, Frances Lincoln, 11
  2. ↑ Chris Crowder 2005. The Garden at Levens. London, Frances Lincoln, 16
  3. ↑ Chris Crowder 2005. The Garden at Levens. London, Frances Lincoln, Jan.
  4. ↑ Chris Crowder 2005. The Garden at Levens. London, Frances Lincoln, 76

Coordinates: 54 ° 15 ′ 32 "  N , 2 ° 46 ′ 35"  W.