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Yorkshire Landscape Gardens

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Yorkshire Landscape Gardens

A selection from the gardens of Duncombe Park, Helmsley, North Riding; Harewood, near Leeds; and Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Riding. Photographed c 1980.

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Dunscombe Park, Helmsley, North Riding. The grounds lain out in front of the house between c1718 and 1730. The names of William Wakefield, Vanburgh and Switzer have all been associated with this problematic house and garden. 1. The east front of the house – this was probably designed by the amateur Wakefield under Vanburgh’s influence. It can be dated 1713, however, it was entirely reconstructed and modified, after a fire, by William Young in the 1830s.

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Dunscombe Park, Helmsley, North Riding. The grounds lain out in front of the house between c1718 and 1730. The names of William Wakefield, Vanburgh and Switzer have all been associated with this problematic house and garden. 2. The sundial, attributed to Van Nost, placed in the centre of the terrace opposite the east front of the house and looking over the deep valley of the Rye.

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Dunscombe Park, Helmsley, North Riding. The grounds lain out in front of the house between c1718 and 1730. The names of William Wakefield, Vanburgh and Switzer have all been associated with this problematic house and garden. 3. The Dunscombe Terrace looking north to the terminal Ionic Temple of c 1730.

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Dunscombe Park, Helmsley, North Riding. The grounds lain out in front of the house between c1718 and 1730. The names of William Wakefield, Vanburgh and Switzer have all been associated with this problematic house and garden. 4. Looking north east from the terrace into Ryedale and towards Helmsley. In the mid-18th century, an almost identical terrace was created in a more distant part of Dunscombe estate overlooking the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey.

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Dunscombe Park, Helmsley, North Riding. The grounds lain out in front of the house between c1718 and 1730. The names of William Wakefield, Vanburgh and Switzer have all been associated with this problematic house and garden. 5. The Ionic Temple c 1730, very close in form to Vanburgh’s Rotunda at Stowe.

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Dunscombe Park, Helmsley, North Riding. The grounds lain out in front of the house between c1718 and 1730. The names of William Wakefield, Vanburgh and Switzer have all been associated with this problematic house and garden. 6. The Tuscan Temple c 1730, situated at the south end of the terrace.

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Harewood, near Leeds, West Riding. The park laid out by Brown in c1772 and modified by Repton in c1800. The house by Carr 1759-71, altered by Barry, 1843. 1. The approach to the house from the north east.

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Harewood, near Leeds, West Riding. The park laid out by Brown in c1772 and modified by Repton in c1800. The house by Carr 1759-71, altered by Barry, 1843. 2. The house from the north west.

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Harewood, near Leeds, West Riding. The park laid out by Brown in c1772 and modified by Repton in c1800. The house by Carr 1759-71, altered by Barry, 1843. 3. The vista from the south front (left half).

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Harewood, near Leeds, West Riding. The park laid out by Brown in c1772 and modified by Repton in c1800. The house by Carr 1759-71, altered by Barry, 1843. 4. The vista from the south front (left half).

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Harewood, near Leeds, West Riding. The park laid out by Brown in c1772 and modified by Repton in c1800. The house by Carr 1759-71, altered by Barry, 1843. 5. The house from south east. Barry’s bombastic skyline terrace have, of course, rather marred Brown and Repton’s scheme.

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Harewood, near Leeds, West Riding. The park laid out by Brown in c1772 and modified by Repton in c1800. The house by Carr 1759-71, altered by Barry, 1843. 6. The house from across the lake.

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Harewood, near Leeds, West Riding. The park laid out by Brown in c1772 and modified by Repton in c1800. The house by Carr 1759-71, altered by Barry, 1843. 7. The lake looking east.

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Harewood, near Leeds, West Riding. The park laid out by Brown in c1772 and modified by Repton in c1800. The house by Carr 1759-71, altered by Barry, 1843. 8. The west end of the lake, looking over the cascade to the home farm.

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Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Riding. Repton produced a Red Book for the grounds in 1792-3. He was thrilled by the possibilities of the wooded ravines and sea views. 1. The main drive. Repton’s tunnel from the outer to the inner ravine.

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Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Riding. Repton produced a Red Book for the grounds in 1792-3. He was thrilled by the possibilities of the wooded ravines and sea views. 2. The bridge immediately beyond the tunnel towards the house.

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Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Riding. Repton produced a Red Book for the grounds in 1792-3. He was thrilled by the possibilities of the wooded ravines and sea views. 3. The drive and park ascending to the house.

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Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Riding. Repton produced a Red Book for the grounds in 1792-3. He was thrilled by the possibilities of the wooded ravines and sea views. 4. The first glimpse of the house.

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Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Riding. Repton produced a Red Book for the grounds in 1792-3. He was thrilled by the possibilities of the wooded ravines and sea views. 5. The centre composed of the Duchess of Buckingham’s classical house of c1730 which was enlarged by Soane in 1786-7. The whole was embattled, enlarged and made assymetrical from the 1790s by William Atkinson. This may well have been done at Repton’s instigation.

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Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Riding. Repton produced a Red Book for the grounds in 1792-3. He was thrilled by the possibilities of the wooded ravines and sea views. 6. The entrance front.

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Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Riding. Repton produced a Red Book for the grounds in 1792-3. He was thrilled by the possibilities of the wooded ravines and sea views. 7. Entrance front vista to the sea.

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Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Riding. Repton produced a Red Book for the grounds in 1792-3. He was thrilled by the possibilities of the wooded ravines and sea views. 8. Entrance front vista to the house.

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Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Riding. Repton produced a Red Book for the grounds in 1792-3. He was thrilled by the possibilities of the wooded ravines and sea views. 9. Entrance front vista from the end of the avenue.

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Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Riding. Repton produced a Red Book for the grounds in 1792-3. He was thrilled by the possibilities of the wooded ravines and sea views. 10. Looking back from the seaward side of the park towards the entrance front avenue.

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