Shute House

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Shute House is a Grade I listed property in the village of Donhead St Mary in Wiltshire . The property is best known for the garden that was laid out in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a masterpiece by the garden architect Sir Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe .

history

Shute House was built at the end of the 16th century and used as a rectorate . At the beginning of the 18th century, the property was expanded with a baroque-style extension. On January 6, 1966, the property was placed under protection as a Grade II cultural monument . In 1968 Michael and Lady Anne Tree bought the property. In 1969 they commissioned Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe to design a garden, which was completed in 1980. In 1993 the property was acquired by John Lewis, who had the garden partially redesigned according to further ideas from Jellicoe until 1994. The garden can be visited on request.

investment

The House

The property consists of two parts. The older part is the elongated main house from the 16th century. The two-story house was built from limestone. On the north side there are two single-storey, L-shaped farm buildings which, together with the main house, enclose an inner courtyard on three sides. This is separated from the street by a wall with a passage. On the south side of the main house there is a short single-storey part of the building that connects the house with the baroque extension. This, also two-story plastered extension has rusticated corners and a hipped roof. The three-axis, symmetrically laid out south facade has a slightly emphasized central projection with a triangular gable.

garden

To the south of the property is the 2.8 hectare garden, which is located on a gently sloping south-facing slope. South of the main house is a flower-lined terrace, while the east facade is framed by yew hedges. Jellicoe designed an eclectic- style garden with water systems and several garden rooms. The water comes from a spring stream of the River Nadder that rises in the garden and initially flows into a pond hidden in a forest. From there a channel flows through several differently laid out garden rooms. In the lower section, the gutter flows through a piece of lawn with several differently shaped ponds. Another section of the garden is the so-called amphitheater formed by low beech hedges, other parts of the garden are separated by hedges that provide surprising views of the surrounding landscape. The garden is separated from the landscape by an aha .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patrick Taylor: English Gardens: Landscape Parks and Cottage Gardens in Great Britain and Ireland. Dorling Kindersley, Starnberg 2005, ISBN 3-8310-0781-0 , p. 60
  2. ↑ Patrick Taylor: English Gardens: Landscape Parks and Cottage Gardens in Great Britain and Ireland. Dorling Kindersley, Starnberg 2005, ISBN 3-8310-0781-0 , p. 61

Coordinates: 51 ° 1 '12 "  N , 2 ° 8' 15.7"  W.