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Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton

Rodmarton Manor, near Tetbury in the Cotswolds, is a classic of the English Arts and Crafts movement, constructed from a warm grey limestone quarried nearby it seems to grow out of the ground it stands on, just as the garden seems an organic extension of the house. Commissioned in 1909 by Claud and Margaret Biddulph it embodies key principles of the Arts and Crafts movement: use of local materials, traditional crafts and vernacular styles.

At the back of the house evergreens and local stone create a series of interlocking spaces: a wide terrace divided into simple outdoor rooms by tall yew hedges, some with finials clipped into decorative shapes; a tiny winter garden dominated by a cluster of pollarded limes, their bare winter knuckles clothed in summer with a mass of felty leaves; a topiary garden where alternating domes and tall stacks of clipped box face each other across a path of circular stepping stones. The evergreen forms of shaggy Portugese laurels and Irish yews nearby provide a delicious contrast with the smooth, hand cut topiary.

In late summer the double herbaceous borders are heavy with magenta poppies, silvery eryngiums and tall delphiniums.

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View from the Troughery through to the Topiary garden featuring clipped box. The troughs were previously used around the farm...
The Leisure Garden with pink hydrangeas below a weeping birch, Betula penula 'Youngii'. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, ...
Front door framed with clipped box birds and Japanese anemones. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Flock of topiary box birds in the kitchen garden. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Clipped box frames opening in yew hedge between Leisure Garden and Herbaceous borders. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, G...
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, phlox, campanulas and poppies, and...
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, phlox, campanulas and poppies, and...
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, phlox, campanulas and poppies. Rod...
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, phlox, campanulas and poppies, wit...
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, phlox, campanulas and poppies, wit...
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, phlox, campanulas and poppies. Rod...
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, phlox, campanulas and poppies. Rod...
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, phlox, campanulas and poppies. Rod...
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, phlox, campanulas and poppies. Rod...
View from cherry orchard across the Daffodil Field to the house and garden. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Stone plant trough. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
The Leisure Garden planted with a mix of shrubs including clipped box, roses and lavender. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbur...
View into topiary garden from path on southern boundary of the garden, framed by perennial pea. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, T...
Troughs of alpines arranged along the edge of the Topiary Garden. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
The Troughery, a collection of stone troughs collected from around the farm, planted with alpines. Behind them are pleached l...
The Troughery, a collection of stone troughs collected from around the farm, planted with alpines. Behind them are pleached l...
Clipped box topiary shapes line each side of the lawn in the Topiary Garden. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Clipped box topiary shapes line each side of the lawn in the Topiary Garden. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Circular stone paving slabs form a path across the lawn of the Topiary Garden. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Circular stone paving slabs form a path across the lawn of the Topiary Garden. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
View from the Troughery through to the Topiary garden featuring clipped box. The troughs were previously used around the farm...
Pink Japanese anemones with cut yews and pleached limes in front of the house. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Decorative drain pipe with owl image. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Hydrangeas beside door into the house. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Pleached limes in the Winter Garden with Troughery and Topiary Garden beyond. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
View from the Troughery through to the Topiary garden featuring clipped box. The troughs were previously used around the farm...
Prickly eryngium. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Deep purple opium poppies at the end of one of the herbaceous borders. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Sidalcea 'Elsie Heugh', AGM. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Deep purple opium poppy. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Netted cherry tree on a wall of the kitchen garden. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
The Leisure Garden with pink hydrangeas and hostas in stone urns below a weeping birch, Betula penula 'Youngii'. Rodmarton Ma...
The Leisure Garden with pink hydrangeas and hostas in stone urns below a weeping birch, Betula penula 'Youngii'. Rodmarton Ma...
The Leisure Garden planted with contrasting shapes and textures of shrubs including clipped box. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, ...
Opening in yew hedge between Leisure Garden and Herbaceous Borders. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Yew hedge dividing Leisure Garden from Herbaceous Borders with box cubes marking the opening. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tet...
Path running between herbaceous border and wall clad with vines. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, phlox, campanulas and poppies. Rod...
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, phlox, campanulas and poppies. Rod...
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, monardas, campanulas and poppies. ...
Double herbaceous borders framed with clipped box and tall yew hedges include delphiniums, phlox, campanulas and poppies. Rod...
Pleached limes in the Winter Garden with stone and wooden troughs below planted with alpines. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tet...
Decorative drain pipe fixing with image of a monkey. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
The Leisure Garden with pink hydrangeas, violet clematis and an urn with hosta. Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Tetbury, Glos, UK
The Troughery, a collection of stone troughs collected from around the farm, planted with alpines. Behind them are pleached l...
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