Stourhead Photo Gallery by SRW at pbase.com

Stourhead

From Wells at the Bottom of the Garden:
Stourhead Gardens are often called the jewel in the National Trust's crown,
and their Classical temples, lakeside vistas, trees and grottos together forming the epitome of
the Romantic landscaped garden, act as a magnet for tourists.

"Stourhead and its parent village, Stourton (Wiltshire), both take their name from the River Stour,
which 'riseth ther of 6 fountaines or springes, whereof 3 be on the northe side of the parke harde withyn the pale'.
These 'Six Wells', first so called in 1822, were at some point supposed to have arisen where King Alfred
prayed for water for his troops, and they appear on the Stourton coat-of-arms.

"In the 1740s the Hoare family began their development of the estate,
diverting the headwaters of the infant river into a lake and a series of pools and wells.
The most important is 'Ariadne's Well', now contained
within the grotto overlooking the lake."

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Photograph captions are (mostly) taken from the National Trust website.

:: Walled Garden & Stableyard ::	:: Stourhead House ::	:: The garden ::
:: Gothic Cottage ::	:: Grotto ::	:: Pantheon & Temple of Apollo ::
:: Temple of Flora ::	:: Stourton village ::	:: St Peter's Church ::

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