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Last updated on 25 November 09

Boughton House Garden

  4.0/5 (3 ratings)

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A late seventeenth century house, on Tudor foundations, with park and garden. The park was laid out, when the house was rebuilt in 1695, in the 'Dutch style in England' by the Dutch gardener Van der Meulen. There is a gatehouse in the boundary wall in front of the house and the early eighteenth century avenues survive. Behind the house there is a circular rose garden, a rectangular pond and herbaceous borders. The 10th Duke of Buccleuch commissioned an inverted grass pyramid - the first new feature to be added to the landscape since the eighteenth century.

Address - The Living Landscape Trust, Boughton House, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, NN14 1BJ
Opening times - May 1st - July 31st, Park open, daily except Saturdays - 1pm - 5pm 1st August- 1st September: Park open, daily 1pm to 5pm. 2nd, 3rd May, 1st August- 1st September: House Open, daily 2pm - 5pm (last entry 4pm) Entrance by guided Tour only on Mondays (except BH mondays)and Fridays Group visits to House, Estate and /or Gardens welcome by appointment, please contact the Trust office for more details.
Admission - Adult House & Park £10.00, Child House & Park £7.00, Family Ticket (2+2) House and Park £25.00 Adult Park only £6.00, Child Park only £2.00 Family Ticket (2+2) Park only £14.00
Website - Visit the Boughton House Garden website

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Recent Reviews

  • over 1 year ago Anonymous said

    John Anthony (1979), The Gardens of Britain records Van der Meulen arriving in the spring of 1685 'By a Kettering coach on Saturday will come down a new gardener, you must appoint him a Chamber....'. Van der Meulen, a Dutchman, had previous experience of drainage works in the Fens.

    (3.0/5)
  • over 2 years ago Katrina Underwood said

    I agree this is a truly amazing "parkland" an interesting mix of very modern design along with the ongoing restoration work.

    (5.0/5)
  • over 2 years ago Adam Hodge said

    It is exciting to see some tremendous restoration work being applied to this awesome place. It is being done well.

    The new 'Orpheus' creation is imaginative and effective..it works .and is a good balance to the mound near by.

    I was increasingly impressed with the place as one viewed all that is being done. Full marks Duke of Buccleuch for investing in such fantastic works!

    (4.0/5)

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