Last updated on 07 January 09

Stanway Baroque Water Gardens

1.0/5 (1 ratings)

Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge © Stanway Baroque Water Gardens
Photograph © Stanway
Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge
Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge
Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge

Gardenvisit Editorial

A Jacobean house with remnants of an early eighteenth century garden. Behind the house one can see a pyramid folly at the top of a hill, from which a cascade used to descend. It is said to have been designed by Stephen Switzer. In front of the house there a walled and hedged enclosures linked by paths.

Head Gardener's Comment

‘As perfect and pretty a Cotswold manor house as anyone is likely to see’ (Fodor’s Great Britain 1998 guidebook). Stanway’s beautiful architecture, furniture, parkland and village are now complimented by the restored 18th century water garden and the magnificent fountain - 300 feet high, making it the tallest garden fountain and gravity fountain in the world.

Address - Stanway, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, GL54 5PQ
Opening times - June to August. Tuesday and Thursday. Also open Saturdays in July and August. Open 2pm to 5pm.
Admission - Adult £4.00
Website - Visit the Stanway Baroque Water Gardens website

Designers and Influences

This garden has been designed and influenced by Stephen Switzer

Stephen Switzer

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Reviews and Comments

Have you visited this garden?

almost 3 years ago pete said
The house and garden look pretty in that picturesque Cotswolds way.

The house is shabby the contents look like they were the outcasts pulled out of the loft. Of course if you want neat and tidy you visit the National Trust!

The garden is pleasant the fountain is big and powerful. Not somewhere I'd make repeat visits to though.

(1.0/5)

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