Milton Lodge

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Milton Lodge and The Combe
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Wells Cathedral above the parkland at Milton Lodge
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Location Somerset, England
Nearest city Wells
Coordinates 51°13′05″N2°39′04″W / 51.218°N 2.651°W / 51.218; -2.651 Coordinates: 51°13′05″N2°39′04″W / 51.218°N 2.651°W / 51.218; -2.651
FounderCharles Tudway
DesignerCapt Croker Ives Partridge of Alfred Parsons
Open14.00-17.00 Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday during summer.
Website www.miltonlodgegardens.co.uk

Milton Lodge is a house and garden overlooking the city of Wells in the English county of Somerset.

Wells, Somerset Cathedral city in Somerset, England

Wells is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. Although the population recorded in the 2011 census was only 10,536, and with a built-up area of just 3.244 square kilometres, Wells has had city status since medieval times, because of the presence of Wells Cathedral. Often described as England's smallest city, it is actually second smallest to the City of London in area and population, but unlike London it is not part of a larger urban agglomeration.

Somerset County of England

Somerset is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west. It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel, its coastline facing southeastern Wales. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon. Somerset's county town is Taunton.

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The terraced garden, which was laid out in the early 20th century, is listed as Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. [1]

House

Milton Lodge was built by Aaron Foster in 1790 and descended in his family until it passed, by marriage, into the ownership of the Tudway family in the mid 19th century. The Tudways had lived nearby at a house, known as The Cedars, which was built in the 1760s by Thomas Paty, and had bought up much of the local land. In 1909 Charles Tudway moved the main family residence to Milton Lodge, with The Cedars being used during World War I as a military hospital and later by Wells Theological College and Wells Cathedral School. [1]

Thomas Paty was a British surveyor, architect and mason working mainly in Bristol. He worked with his sons John Paty and William Paty.

World War I 1914–1918 global war starting in Europe

World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously described as "the war to end all wars", it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. It is also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the resulting 1918 influenza pandemic caused another 50 to 100 million deaths worldwide.

Wells Theological College

Wells Theological College began operation in 1840 within the Cathedral Close of Wells Cathedral. It was one of several new colleges created in the nineteenth century to cater not just for non-graduates, but for graduates from the old universities who wished to receive specialist clerical training in preparation for ordination into the Church of England. It was founded by Bishop Law.

Garden

The garden was laid out in 1903 by Capt Croker Ives Partridge of the Alfred Parsons garden design company for Charles Tudway. [2] It consists of a series of terraces planted with mixed borders including a collection of roses and climbing plants. [3] The terraces include Yew hedges, ponds and fountains. [4] The traditional English vegetation is supplemented with Mediterranean plants which are able to flourish due to the microclimate of the site. [5]

Alfred Parsons (artist) painter from Great Britain

Alfred William Parsons RA was an English artist: illustrator, landscape painter and garden designer.

The upper terrace includes four canons from the Napoleonic Wars are on display. [6]

Napoleonic Wars Series of early 19th century European wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European powers formed into various coalitions, financed and usually led by the United Kingdom. The wars stemmed from the unresolved disputes associated with the French Revolution and its resultant conflict. The wars are often categorised into five conflicts, each termed after the coalition that fought Napoleon: the Third Coalition (1805), the Fourth (1806–07), the Fifth (1809), the Sixth (1813), and the Seventh (1815).

The Combe, which covers 13 acres (5.3 ha), [7] on the opposite side of a small road was planted in the 19th century as an orchard and arboretum. [8] [9]

There is an examples of a tree, known as the dove tree, handkerchief tree, pocket handkerchief tree or ghost tree which was sent from China around 1900 by Father Armand David. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Milton Lodge and The Combe (1001277)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Milton Lodge". Gardens Guide. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Milton Lodge Garden". Britain's Finest. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Horticultural fans enjoy the chance to explore Milton Lodge Gardens". Wells Journal. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Hegarty, Lesley; Webber, Robert (27 September 2010). "Design Rules at Somerset's Milton Lodge". Somerset Life. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  6. ↑ Plumptree, George (1985). Collins Book of British Gardens . London: Collins. pp. 278–280. ISBN   0002166410.
  7. ↑ "Milton Lodge and the Combe parkland, Wells". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Milton Lodge Gardens". Historic Houses Association. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Milton Lodge". National Gardens Scheme. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  10. ↑ Bond, James (1998). Somerset Parks and Gardens. Tiverton: Somerset Books. p. 106. ISBN   0861834658.
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