Introduction
Cleeve Court, now a nursing home, is an early-19th-century garden with ornamental woodlands. It is notable for the picturesque use made of Goblin Combe, where the woods were planted with large numbers of exotic conifers and mixed shrubs.
Cleeve Court (Grade II listed) was built in the early-19th century for the Reverend T.S. Biddulph. It is now used as a nursing home. There is a walled kitchen garden. The early-19th-century garden features ornamental woodlands with notable use made of Goblin Combe where woods were planted with a large number of exotic conifers and mixed shrubs. An orchard and some 13 hectares of parkland survive.
Description checked by Avon Gardens Trust 22/5/2012.
- Features & Designations
Designations
The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building
- Reference: Cleeve Court
- Grade: II
Style
Picturesque
Features
- Planting
- Description: Goblin Combe, where the woods were planted with large numbers of exotic conifers and mixed shrubs.
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- Kitchen Garden
- Description: A walled kitchen garden.
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- Natural Landscape
- Description: Approximately 13 hectares of parkland survive.
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- Orchard
- Description: The orchard survives.
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- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
Hectares
100
Civil Parish
Cleeve
- References
Contributors
Avon Gardens Trust