English Gardens Gallery

Kenwood House Concert Bowl OP04509

KENWOOD HOUSE CONCERT BOWL, Hampstead, London. Looking across the lake towards an evening open air concert in the grounds of Kenwood House. Photographed by John Gay during 1950s-1960s

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D Usk, Event, Lake, Reflection, Water

Ashburnham Place 29488_048

Ashburnham Place, East Sussex. A Capability Brown landscape garden around Ashburnham Place. While much has been demolished, some of the country house still remains

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Aerial, Parkland

Boat House, Birkenhead Park DP175237

Birkenhead Park, Park Drive, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside. Designed by Joseph Paxton, Edward Kemp and architects Lewis Hornblower and John Robertson, opened 5th April 1847, responding to declining health conditions during the Industrial Revolution in the C19. Unique as it was the first park to be created through an act of Parliament and using public funds. It was the inspiration for New York's Central Park. Roman Boat House, view from south east

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