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View from the South Side
Here is Newby Hall from the south. Drag the pano around and see the imposing vista down to the River Ure at the end of the lawn, flanked by the longest double herbaceous borders in Britain.
The present owner, Robin Compton says of the creation of the garden:
"My father had an unerring eye for perspective and proportion and he was not in a hurry. Shelter belts, mainly of Lawson cypress cultivars, birches and sorbus, had to be planted to keep out the wind and he thoughtfully laid out a nine hole golf course for his children! In the meantime, his plans for the garden were taking shape on paper.
Two Victorian parterre gardens were out of keeping with a Queen Anne house and he removed them, retaining only the balustrades surrounding the southern garden which echoed the balusters on the house. The magnificent view to the south was central to the design and became the main axis to the garden. Double herbaceous borders were planned to run straight down to the river, backed by bold hedges of yew. Off this central axis compartmented gardens were planned of formal design, each to come into flower at different seasons. In this he was greatly influenced by Hidcote and the late Lawrence Johnston." |