10 May 2017
Northamptonshire

The Gardens Trust has arranged a visit to see the restoration works on the garden and park at Boughton by consultant archaeologist Brian Dix. It will follow and complement Brian’s winter lectures in Birmingham and London for the Gardens Trust. The gardens comprise extensive remains of formal layouts dating from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Rides and avenues of the same period extend far out into the surrounding countryside, set within the deer park of late medieval origins. The visit will include a tour of the House whose transformation by Ralph Montagu from a ‘large but rambling house’ to its current form began in 1685.

Brian Dix has been working for the Duke of Buccleuch for the last few years and has been involved in re-constructing the Grand Etang the centre-piece of which is a 75ft jet d’eau. We hope His Grace will be kind enough to turn on this spectacular fountain. Brian has also undertaken other extensive archaeological work around the site and is now overseeing the restoration of the bastion to re-establish the vantage viewpoints out to the rides and park. There will also be an opportunity to see Kim Wilkie’s Orpheus – a 21st-century water feature commissioned by the Duke for the empty space opposite the mount – which has been repaired during 2016.

Book online using Eventbrite at no extra fee, or contact: claire@decarle.plus.com;

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