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Painshill Park

Garden Address: Painshill Park, Portsmouth Road, Cobham, KT11 1JE Surrey, England

Directions for Visiting: Painshill Garden is 1mile west of Cobham on A245. Leave M25 at junction 10.

Opening Dates and Times: All year. Daily except 25th and 26th December. Open 10:30am to 6pm (4pm or dusk November to February). Grotto only open weekends and bank holidays.

Public Admission: Adult £6.60

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See Website: Painshill Park

Text Reference(s): English Garden Design

Garden Description: One of the great eighteenth century landscape gardens, representing the Augustan phase of the serpentine style. It was owned and designed Charles Hamilton (between 1738 and 1773), set in a wooded valley. There is a lake, a Gothic temple, a Chinese bridge, a ruined abbey, a Turkish tent and a remarkable grotto. The garden fell into decay but is being restored with great skill and vigour. The island grotto is a masterpiece.

Garden History Keydate(s): 1738

Quality Rating(s):

*** Design Interest

* Plant Interest

** Scenic Interest

Design Style(s):

Augustan Style

Designer(s): Charles Hamilton

Painshill Park, Surrey

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