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Stanway Water Garden
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Entrance
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Summary
A lovely baroque gardens surrounding a Cotswold manor house.
The Gardens
Stanway House has been called the perfect Cotswold manor house, but
it is the garden that will draw most visitors to this quiet Cotswold
village. The restored baroque water garden has some unusual features
that make it well worth the visit to Stanway. Perhaps the most striking
of these is the pyramid folly, built in 1750 by Robert Tracy in memory
of his father, John. In addition, a grand canal gives way to a fountain
which jets water up to 70 feet high. Further water features include
a cascade, which, at the time of its building, was twice the length
of the famous cascade at Chatsworth House. A series of paths link hedged
enclosures, creating little garden rooms.
Within the grounds stands a medieval cruck-framed tithe barn, built
in 1370 for Tewkesbury Abbey. The thatched cricket pavilion in the grounds
was donted by JM Barrie, author of Peter Pan.
The House
Stanway House was built around 1580 on the ruins of an earlier Tudor
house. But the history of Stanway goes back still earlier; the Abbey
of Tewkesbury owned the manor from the year 715AD. In 1533 the manor
was purchased from the Abbey by Richard Tracy, and it was his son Paul
who began the present house. The imposing gateway (1630) was the inspiration
of Paul's son, Sir Richard Tracy.
The gatehouse is the architectural gem of Stanway House; the triple
gabled Jacobean structure (see photo) stands at right angles to the
house, perhaps because the proximity of the church did not allow space
for a more traditional approach to the house. The house is built in
an L pattern, with a fine great hall.
Admission
Fee charged. Free entry to Historic Houses Association (HHA) members.
Location
Stanway
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL54 5PQ
Tel 01386 584469
Location
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Nearby
Stanway
Stanton
Regional attractions:
Cotswolds
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