Hylands House is a beautiful house built approx. 1730. At this time there was a craze for anything Grecian or Roman known as neo-classicism. If you look at the photo of the house you will see the Grecian columns at the front. It was originally a red brick house in Queen Anne style but has been changed and added to by several owners.
Chelmsford Council purchased the house when the owner died in 1966 and it was in a dilapidated condition. It was restored and is now back to its former glories. I couldn't see inside as there was a wedding taking place; what a lovely location for a wedding.
The park around it was beautiful and was influenced by landscape gardener Humphry Repton.
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i think you need a new computer
The computer crashed before I commenced another component of my comment below.
The pathway material looks different from the material afront Hylands house and park.
Might that path material be hard-packed soil or some earthy-looking pavement?
The area immediately afront the house appeals to me as clean, light-colored, photogenic access.
Do you know from having been there what the medium is? For example, is it a delivery, drive-through or parking lot of gravel or pebbles?
The house facades as white so different from the previous red continues to catch my attention.
Below I entertain the older, red-brick facade as beneath, or gone from under, the current white facade.
Should the red brick be no more, what would have happened to all those bricks? Would they be re-used on the property or would they be sold or would they be tossed in a landfill equivalent?
The computer crashed before I could continue to my other question, related in that it concerns absence and unrelated because it concerns houses, not swans ;-D!
Your introductory paragraph advises us that "It was originally a red brick house in Queen Anne style but has been changed and added to by several owners.
Chelmsford Council purchased the house when the owner died in 1966 and it was in a dilapidated condition. It was restored and is now back to its former glories."
The in-text image displays a white facade. Does that facade do duty in replacement of, or over, the original red brick?
The ninth in-text image has the caption "Swan pond with no swans!"
Is the water stretch without swans permanently or temporarily?
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The stables are Georgian so 18th C as is the house. Yes they are wearing well and I was delighted to have Morning Coffee (tea for me ) in the old stable block café.
I don't know if the hedges have a particular meaning. I love an arched avenue to walk beneath.
A day out is one of my favourite things to do. Gardens make them all the more special; you are right.
Veronica, My ideal grand tour is following the trail of gardens and parks anywhere and everywhere. This is such a lovely tour that is complete on its own although it's always nice to see the houseplants and house interiors.
Are the stables from the same time as the house? If so, they're wearing their age wonderfully well.
Do you know if the topiary is supposed to call up something particular or if it's just the sun-friendliness of the lines that counts here?
Yes Repton was clever in that he saw a niche after Capability Brown's death and filled it.
It is a lovely place to visit.
What you say of Repton's limited knowledge of horticulture is not uncommon among garden designers, some of whom are artists and landscape architects rather than growers.They design and then leave the cultivation to others.