Spetchley Park near Worcester England
Spetchley Park (Grade II listed ) has belonged to the Berkeley family for four hundred years. he original house was burned down on the eve of the Battle by disgruntled drunk Scottish Presbyterian Royalists to prevent Oliver Cromwell from using the house for his headquarters. All that is left from the Tudor house is part of the moat. After the fire the Berkeleys converted the stables into living accommodation, and when their fortunes improved the present Palladian house was built of Bath stone in 1811. It has a garden of contrasts; there are walled gardens, a melon yard with its original glasshouses, a horse pool, Victorian conservatory, a delightful fairy-tale-like ‘Root House’, statues, fountains, architectural follies, rose gardens, lakes and bridges, superb herbaceous borders and magnificent specimen trees. famous regular visitor to Spetchley was the composer Edward Elgar.
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Location: Spetchley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
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