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Castle Hill, near
Barnstaple -
the Palladian
House is set
in an 18th
century
parkland
landscape with grass
terraces
and statues
leading
down to the
river and lakes.Many of the paths are punctuated with follies
and temples and the final path takes you to the Castle with
splendid views to Exmoor, Dartmoor and Lundy Island.
Castle Hill Gardens
Castle Hill was built in 1730 as the Earl Fortescue's family home in North Devon. The Palladian House, in which the descendants still live, is set in an 18th century parkland landscape with grass terraces and statues leading down to the river and lakes.
To the East side of the house is the Millennium garden designed by Xa Tollemache, a Chelsea Gold Medallist. The large herbaceous borders are edged with box and lavender and an illuminated 'topiary' water sculpture was designed and built by Giles Rayner in 2002. From there the path takes you to the formal terraced lawns in front of the house where the eye is then drawn across a small country road by a tree-lined avenue towards the Triumphal Arch built as an eye-catcher.
Following the path to the west of the house, the woodland gardens are reached where there are camellias, magnolias, rhododendrons, azaleas, hydrangeas and eucryphias planted in abundance, together with many other beautiful shrubs and rare trees growing both by the river, along a network of woodland paths and in the Easter Close.
Many of the paths, some gentle, some steep are punctuated with follies, and temples built by each generation of the Fortescue family. The final climb takes you to the Castle recently restored to its former glory, perched splendidly on the high hill behind the house with magnificent views to Exmoor, Dartmoor and Lundy Island.
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