{"id":6541,"date":"2022-01-19T16:12:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pabconference.com\/david-saint-column-northamptonshire-blessed-with-beautiful-gardens\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T16:12:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:12:26","slug":"david-saint-column-northamptonshire-blessed-with-beautiful-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/19\/david-saint-column-northamptonshire-blessed-with-beautiful-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"DAVID SAINT COLUMN: Northamptonshire blessed with beautiful gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-bdvvtL jsvbE hero-image hero-media\"><amp-img src=\"https:\/\/www.northamptonchron.co.uk\/webimg\/T0FLMTM2MTQzMTQ1.jpg?width=640&amp;enable=upscale\" alt=\"Lyveden New Bield, near Brigstock\" height=\"838\" width=\"1264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northamptonchron.co.uk\/webimg\/T0FLMTM2MTQzMTQ1.jpg?&amp;width=320 320w, https:\/\/www.northamptonchron.co.uk\/webimg\/T0FLMTM2MTQzMTQ1.jpg?&amp;width=640 640w, https:\/\/www.northamptonchron.co.uk\/webimg\/T0FLMTM2MTQzMTQ1.jpg?&amp;width=990 990w\" layout=\"intrinsic\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-intrinsic i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" i-amphtml-layout=\"intrinsic\"><i-amphtml-sizer class=\"i-amphtml-sizer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjgzOCIgd2lkdGg9IjEyNjQiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+\"\/><\/i-amphtml-sizer><amp-img alt=\"Lyveden New Bield, near Brigstock\" fallback=\"\" layout=\"responsive\" height=\"838\" width=\"1264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northamptonchron.co.uk\/img\/placeholder.png\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" i-amphtml-layout=\"responsive\"><i-amphtml-sizer style=\"display:block;padding-top:66.2975%\"\/><\/amp-img><\/amp-img><\/figure><figcaption class=\"sc-gsDKAQ dfESTL\">Lyveden New Bield, near Brigstock<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>The name of the first star is Andr\u00e9 Le N\u00f4tre, who lived from 1613 to 1700. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>Notable examples of his designs include Versailles, Chatsworth, and Rest in Bedfordshire.  He has worked extensively and we are fortunate enough to have remnants of his work at Althorp and especially Boughton House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>Around the same time, John Van Nost was also in business.  He was undoubtedly the greatest garden ornamental maker of the early 18th century. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-newsletter-signup\" class=\"sc-iqseJM fGwCQF\">\n<div class=\"sc-egiyK lccuhP\">\n<h2 class=\"sc-hBUSln eshXin\"><span>Participation<\/span> In our daily newsletter<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"sc-hBUSln sc-fotOHu eshXin izGGwb\"><span>the news<\/span> Cut through the noise<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>In the green court of Canons Ashby House, his statue of a fake shepherd boy, and the cartouche above the west door were awe-inspiring. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>The gardens were originally laid out by George London and Henry Wise in 1708. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>They were two of the most important English garden designers of their time, and created the English Baroque style. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>The original designs had a huge influence on other designers, such as Gertrude Jekyll and Edwin Lutyens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>I suppose most people have heard of Lancelot&#8217;s &#8220;Capability&#8221; Brown.  He was no stranger to Northamptonshire and became the chief gardener of the Duke of Grafton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>The Duke lived at Euston Hall, Suffolk, and at Wakefield Lodge, near Towcester, where the park&#8217;s &#8220;Capability&#8221; developed in 1750. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>The house was designed by William Kent with whom Brown worked in Stowe, five miles away. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>&#8216;Capacity&#8217; also landscapes of Astrop, Ainho and Castle Ashby here in the county. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>The lake, bridge, beautiful trees, temples, and other &#8220;folly&#8221; buildings of his can still be seen at Castle Ashby.  I saw them from the air in a helicopter model lesson!  bewitching!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>Humphrey Repton (1752-1818) followed Brown.  In fact, not only was he the next major name in garden design, but he also took on Brown&#8217;s job as chief gardener at Hampton Court. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>Although Brown had pioneered his broad vision of the countryside of England, Repton was the first to be called a landscape gardener. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>On occasional &#8220;open days,&#8221; you can see his work in Courteenhall and Laxton Hall, both of which are private homes. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>I believe there is a public right called Medshire Road from Harleston Post Office to Lower Harleston.  Anyway, I walked in and saw what was left of Repton&#8217;s wonderful landscape of Harleston Hall, which was demolished in 1940. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>No one has stopped me in my career.  You may seem important!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>I wonder exactly who designed the gardens at Lyveden New Bield, which the National Trust took care of. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>It was started by Sir Thomas Tresham in 1595, but the extent of his influence on them remains unknown. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>They&#8217;re a really rare and wonderful example of Elizabethan landscape design with water parks, terraces, canals, and what I call the mounds of a snail&#8217;s path. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>The orchard recreates rare varieties of the time and the whole is of course crowned with an unfinished garden house covered in religious symbols. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-brSvTw cdZNuc markup\">\n<p>One of the many true gems of Northamptonshire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyveden New Bield, near Brigstock The name of the first star is Andr\u00e9 Le N\u00f4tre, who lived from 1613 to<span class=\"more-dots\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garden","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}