Last updated on 11 June 10
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Lytes Cary Manor Garden

4.0/5 (1 ratings)

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A medieval/Tudor manor house once owned by a sixteenth century herbalist. The entrance forecourt has a central path flanked by yew topiary. A gate leads to a long mixed border designed by Graham Stuart Thomas. There are yew alleys and other compartments. Christopher Hussey described the garden as 'a necklace of garden rooms strung on green corridors'. Sir Henry Lyte, author of the Niewe Herball (1578), lived here.

Address - nr Charlton Makcrell, Somerset, England, TA11 7HU
Opening times - Late March to October. Daily except Thursday. Open 11am to 5pm or dusk if earlier. Estate walks open all year daily from dawn to dusk.
Website - Visit the Lytes Cary Manor Garden website

Designers and Influences

This garden has been designed and influenced by Graham Stuart Thomas

Graham Stuart Thomas

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Reviews and Comments

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almost 2 years ago Pete said
Whenever I see the words "arts & crafts garden" I know I'm in for a treat.

At Lytes Cary 16th House and garden meld in to one. No jarring vista's no experimentalisation. Just the understanding that a garden's function should be as a place of relaxation, a place of beauty, a place for nature to share its world with man on its doorstep.

Here you can sit a while and enjoy the planting, the views or just curl up with a good book.

There are some excellent estate walks as well.

(4.0/5)

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