Introduction
The gardens and grounds at Wyckhill House Hotel were created from the late-18th century to the end of the 19th century. Lawn terraces, woodland and part of the walled garden survive.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
01451 831936Other Websites
- History
Archival evidence surrounding the early history of the house is sketchy and some of it contradictory. By 1802 the house had a walled garden and pleasure grounds. Development periods appear to be additions by William Pilkington for Charles Van Notten Pole in 1812 and 1815, and the addition of the east wing in 1913 by V A Lawson for Robert Byass.
The house is set in an elevated position. The gardens of 1884 show a varied arrangement with informal 18th-century parkland, with a remaining formal view or avenue from the south front, formal gardens to the south of the orangery, a walled garden with a wide range of associated buildings, ornamental woodland walks, terraced lawns to the west of the house and formal and informal gardens immediately around the house.
In 1958 a serious fire destroyed the west end of the house, and it stood empty before being restored in 1962.
Period
- 18th Century (1701 to 1800)
- Late 18th Century (1767 to 1800)
- Features & Designations
Features
- Orangery
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- Garden Building
- Description: Cottage set in walled garden.
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- House (featured building)
- Description: A late 18th-century house with possible earlier 18th-century elements, and early 19th- and early 20th-century additions.
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- Garden Terrace
- Description: Grass terraces.
- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Commercial
Period
18th Century (1701 to 1800)
Survival
Extant
Hectares
40
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Wick Rissington
- References
References
- Kingsley. N., {The Country Houses of Gloucestershire, Volume 2, 1660-1830} (Cirencester: Phillimore, 1992), p. 304 The Country Houses of Gloucestershire, Vol. II 1660-1830
- Verey, D., {The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1, The Cotswolds} (London: Penguin, 1970), p. 501 The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds
- Elrington, C.R. {Victoria County History: Gloucester, Volume 6} ([n.p.]: Oxford University Press, 1965), pp. 115-6 Victoria County History: Gloucester, Volume 6
Contributors
Gloucestershire Gardens & Landscape Trust