Haddon Hall Bakewell, Derbyshire (Pictures taken 1994 and 1996. Haddon Hall was then the Derbyshire seat of the 10th Duke of Rutland and his family.) Back to Garden UK
This is the very place of my fairy-tale-fantasies: the rose-garden for the little princess within the old grey stonewalls. This is the garden-estate I love most of all I have seen in England! And there is nothing stuffy in the room inside the old walls - it's a pleasure to walk around  looking at all the interesting and pretty architectural details, as well as on the outside facades. The little museum is a treasure of nostalgia. The garden is a real plantswomen's garden - with all these old walls at hand to cover with roses and clematis! (At my third visit in 2001 it looked like the responsibility for this gorgeous inheritance was handed over to the new generation. May they succeed!)
1 The Hall and the River Wye
2 The boar's head and The peacock clipped from yew. Those are the crests of the Vernon and  the Manners family
3 The lower courtyard with the window to The banqueting hall
4 The banqueting hall window with a golden hop
5 The top terraces with the herbaceous borders and the replanted yews
6 An impressive and handsome door in the corner at the upper terrace
7 The upper terrace
8 Looking down to the main terrace: the Fountain Terrace
9 The peculiar "diamond" panes in the windows are set in different angles to give a maximum of light
10 The Fountain Terrace
11 The bold staircase in baroque
12 Against the balustrade
13 The border under the wall on the Fountain terrace
14 Roses and double clematis
15 The webmaster - my son Jeppe
16 -looking down at the steps to the lower terrace
17 The view  from the point where Jeppe stands
18 The  plants from myth and magic - the thorn and the sweet briar bid us farewell from Haddon Hall
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