On our way from Salisbury to Combe Martin, in Devon, we stopped at Stourhead house and gardens. Not only do I love gardens, but Stourhead was (relatively) recently a feature location in the newest movie version of Pride and Prejudice, which is a favorite of mine (the book and the movie, of course).
The gardens are actually more of a large, well-designed park around a lake, with huge, beautiful trees, large swathes of velvety green grass, and the various follies for which it is famous.
We took a walk around the park, which started in some more formal-ish gardens.
We then started our walk around the lake and got our first glimpse of the Temple of Apollo across the lake.
The three follies that we saw as we walked around the lake were: the Temple of Apollo, the Pantheon, and the Bridge.
After our tour of the beautiful parks, we toured the house (where photography was not allowed).
The gardens were really beautifully laid out, and it was quite lovely to walk around them in the good weather. There was a hint of fall in the trees (see photo above), that made me really excited for fall!
The gardens are actually more of a large, well-designed park around a lake, with huge, beautiful trees, large swathes of velvety green grass, and the various follies for which it is famous.
We took a walk around the park, which started in some more formal-ish gardens.
We then started our walk around the lake and got our first glimpse of the Temple of Apollo across the lake.
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| View from the Pantheon. |
The three follies that we saw as we walked around the lake were: the Temple of Apollo, the Pantheon, and the Bridge.
After our tour of the beautiful parks, we toured the house (where photography was not allowed).
The gardens were really beautifully laid out, and it was quite lovely to walk around them in the good weather. There was a hint of fall in the trees (see photo above), that made me really excited for fall!
