BRAMHAM PARK, WETHERBY
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Grade I Listed
ROLE:
Specialist Conservation Architect
THE BUILDING:
Following his grand tour of France and Italy, Robert Benson, later 1st Lord Bingley planned and built Bramham Park and water gardens in a late formal baroque style. The grounds were laid out 1725-28 and inspired by the axial formal European landscape gardens, cleverly adapted to the local topography and natural watercourses, creating the most sublime of formal landscape gardens.
PROJECT SCOPE
Working closely with Nick Lane Fox DL and Nicholas Pritchard, Chris was appointed whilst at Purcell through Southern Green to develop the proposals for the reconstruction of several of the Water Garden features, including the Whittle Carr Grotto, The T-Pond, Queen’s Hollow and Cascade and the Ha-ha. These studies have helped the Estate progress the development of the garden restoration to the next stage of implementation. Chris has subsequently developed detailed proposals for the restoration of the Ha-ha parkland wall and gates based on archaeological evidence. The Whittle Carr Grotto, remote from the main water garden, had over time become overgrown and dilapidated, Chris’s survey drawings helped to establish a more detailed understanding of this intriguing water feature.
Chris together with Nick Lane Fox developed proposals for the conservation and repair and interior restoration of the Gothick Batty Langley Temple, reimagining the lost ceiling.
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