Where is dodington park

James Wyatt began work on the house in The landscaping was the work of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, who began work at Dodington in Brown opened up the valleys by tree felling, leaving specimen oaks and beeches, planted beech woods on the boundaries, created two lakes by harnessing the River Frome, and joined them with an aqueduct and Gothic cascade.

Many specimen trees were planted, including Cedar of Lebanon, holm oak, fern leaved beech, walnut, Corsican pine and Norfolk Island pine. In the s, terraced flower gardens were constructed on the south side of the house. At the time of the Domesday survey, the manor of Dodington belonged to the family of Berkeley of Dursley, whose line ended in It came by marriage into the Wekys family, who sold it in the late C16 to Giles Codrington.

The estate was bought from his relatives by General Christopher Codrington d , governor of the Leeward Islands in c In , Atkyns notes that Sir William Codrington, the General's son, 'hath a large house near the Church, and very large and beautiful gardens, and a great Estate in this Parish' Atkyns The title of baronet was granted to the Codringtons of Dodington in Alexander Pope visited in and described the house as, 'pretty enough, the situation romantic, covered with woody hills, stumbling upon one another confusedly, and the garden makes a valley between them with some mounts and waterfalls' quoted in Harding and Lambert The building of the original house, replaced by the present Wyatt house, is dated to the time of Henry VIII by Leland, who also refers to 'the olde place of Dodington' being 'withyn the mote, by the new' Mowl Atkyns ascribes it to Robert Wekys in the time of Queen Mary.

Mid to late C16 in date, it was an H-plan, gabled house, located beside the River Frome which rises in the park and which fed a series of mill ponds and a small canal. A large walled garden stood on the area later occupied by the southern end of the early C19 lake.

The wealth of this branch of the Codrington family derived from extensive sugar plantations in the West Indies and the C18 and early C19 saw large sums invested in the estate. William, the first baronet, died in but his son, also William, who then inherited at the age of nineteen, lived until On the death of the second baronet in , the estate was inherited by his great-nephew, Sir Christopher Bethel Codrington , MP for Tewkesbury.

Codrington was a close friend of James Wyatt , who was commissioned to make substantial alterations to the house. Codrington also commissioned further landscape improvements by William Emes and John Webb who prepared a plan in ; later proposals of c are signed by John Dowding, surveyor, who may have been responsible for elements of the new design.

The estate remained intact throughout the C19 and most of the C20 until it was broken up in the s. In the late s Major S F B Codrington developed it as a popular local amenity, with adventure playground, shops, children's farm, miniature railway etc.

In however parts of the park were sold off, and in the House and grounds were also sold. The House, gardens, and immediate parkland were bought in that year by Mr M P Kent, who after carrying out much restoration work, sold the property to Mr and Mrs Harding.

The House and some ha of land are currently again on the market November Introduction Dodington House has a landscape park of around hectares. It is in Neo-Classical style.

They are on the early 19th century terrace on the south side of Dodington House, and include a pair of sarcophagi, urns, seats, terrace walls and steps. Orangery Description: The orangery dates from and was built by James Wyatt.

It is a five-bay curved wing, linking the house to the Church of St. The list of historic buildings describes it as 'An early example of the regency taste for integrating house and garden'. It was part of the picturesque landscaping, and was designed to link the two lakes which were formed when the River Frome was dammed. To disguise the change in level between the two bodies of water, Brown devised an aqueduct and terminal cascade building.

To disguise the change in level between the two lakes, Brown devised an aqueduct and terminal cascade building. Click here to hide this message. Source: ChurchCrawler. Dodington Park is a country house and estate in Dodington, Gloucestershire, England. The family had made their fortune from sugar plantations in the Caribbean and were significant owners of slaves.

It remained in the Codrington family until ; it is now owned by the British businessman James Dyson. The estate comprises some acres of landscaped park with woods, lakes, lodges, a dower house, an orangery, a church, and a walled kitchen garden. Formal gardens adjoin the main house. The dower house, orangery, and St Mary's Church which all adjoin the house are also each individually Grade I listed, as is the Bath lodge at the southern part of the estate.

Source: Wikipedia. More information. Places of interest nearby. JavaScript is required for this feature, but it is either disabled or not supported by your browser. Please enable JavaScript or upgrade your browser. The walls on the bridge and tunnel entries to the north west of the house are listed Grade II. The lodge to the north-west of the house is listed Grade II, as are its gate piers and their gates.

In the formal gardens to the east of the house, a pair of pedestals and urns are listed Grade II, as are an urn and pedestal to the west of the house. Jump to: navigation , search. The Times : p. Retrieved 26 February The Times OB : p. University of California Press. ISBN The Independent. Retrieved 9 October The Times. Navigation menu Personal tools Create account Log in. Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read View source View history.