Spring Hill House

Springhill, near Chipping Campden

Gloucestershire

England

Circa Date: 1757 w/19th century alterations and additions

Status: Fully Extant

House Open to Public: No

Country House: Yes

Built / Designed For: John Bulkeley-Coventry-Bulkeley
Garden & Outbuildings: General Lygon, a veteran of the Peninsular War, laid out the Estate in the 19th century to resemble the field of Waterloo.
Architect: Lancelot Brown

Date of Birth: 1716
Date of Death: 1783
Nationality: British
Nickname: Capability
Notes: Often called "the Shakespeare of gardening," Brown was the foremost proponent, and one of the developers, of the English "natural" style of gardens. He was surveyor to His Majesty's Gardens and Waters at Hampton Court and designed some of the most important landscapes in England.

Date: 1763
Designed: House and grounds
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House Listed: Grade II

Park Listed: Grade II
Past Seat / Home of: John Bulkeley-Coventry-Bulkeley, 18th century. General Henry Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp, 19th century.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No

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