Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . e a marvel. Stowe Gardens from a distance look like a vast grove adornedwith obelisks, temples, andtowers. Kent, the fatherof modern gardening, was re-sponsible for the earliest effortsof Lord Cobham, who dis-covered Capability Brown,that king of landscape garden-ers. From a humble post atStowe, Brown rose until hewas head gardener at Windsor,and had discovered the capa-bilities of many of the oldhistoric places. It was he whofirst planned the sunk fencewhich encloses Stowe Gardens,yet does not mar the view. Walpole conjectured it was fro
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . e a marvel. Stowe Gardens from a distance look like a vast grove adornedwith obelisks, temples, andtowers. Kent, the fatherof modern gardening, was re-sponsible for the earliest effortsof Lord Cobham, who dis-covered Capability Brown,that king of landscape garden-ers. From a humble post atStowe, Brown rose until hewas head gardener at Windsor,and had discovered the capa-bilities of many of the oldhistoric places. It was he whofirst planned the sunk fencewhich encloses Stowe Gardens,yet does not mar the view. Walpole conjectured it was fromthe surprise expressed by common people at this unexpected bar-rier that it derived its name of ha-ha ! The path westward from the Ionic pavilions, which formthe Bell Gate entrance, leads to the Hermitage, the Temple ofVenus, the Queens Statue, and the Boycott Pavilions. Thesepavilions are on a height overlooking the Oxford Bridge,whence the road leads to the Oxford Lodge, designed by Van-brugh, the architect of Blenheim Palace, the home of Consuelo,. THE GRENVILLE COLUMN
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