Lancelot "Capability" Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783) was an English gardener and landscape architect, who remains...
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English landscape garden (section Capability Brown)
to recreate an idyllic pastoral landscape. The work of Lancelot "Capability" Brown was particularly influential. By the end of the 18th century the English...
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more than 120 acres (0.49 km2) of parkland landscaped by Lancelot "Capability" Brown in 1769. The house and its 5,079-acre (20.55 km2) estate was sold...
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Kirkharle (section Lancelot 'Capability' Brown)
A696 and B6342 roads. It is famous as the birthplace of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in the early eighteenth century, Britain's most celebrated landscape...
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completed design for parkland and lakes by celebrated landscape architect Capability Brown (1716–1783). The land and buildings for Wilderness Reserve have been...
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Claremont (country house) (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
demolish the house and commissioned Capability Brown to build the present Palladian mansion on higher and dryer ground. Brown, more accomplished as a landscape...
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Wrest Park (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
modified for his granddaughter Jemima, 2nd Marchioness Grey by Lancelot "Capability" Brown in a more informal landscape style. The park is divided by a wide...
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Petworth House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
J. M. W. Turner. It also has an expansive deer park, landscaped by Capability Brown, which contains a large herd of fallow deer. The manor of Petworth...
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and replaced by a landscape park with a lake; it is possible that Capability Brown was connected with the layout. Notable residents include members of...
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Badminton House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
Badminton House is a large country house and Grade I Listed Building in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England, which has been the principal seat of the Dukes...
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Highclere Castle (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
in 1679 and largely renovated in the 1840s, with a park designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century. The 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) estate is in Highclere...
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Chatsworth House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
the 1st Duke's formal gardens with a more natural look, designed by Capability Brown, which he helped bring into fashion. In 1748, the 4th Duke married...
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Blenheim Palace (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
remained relatively unchanged until the arrival of Capability Brown in 1764. The 4th Duke employed Brown who immediately began an English landscape garden...
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Broadlands (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
architectural "transformation" of the house and garden was begun by Capability Brown, the celebrated architect and landscape designer, and completed by...
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Burghley House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
grand and richly furnished state apartments. Its park was laid out by Capability Brown. The house is on the boundary of the civil parishes of Barnack and...
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laid down in 1750 by the 1st Duke of Northumberland, who employed Capability Brown, the celebrated Northumberland gardener, to landscape the parkland...
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Corsham Court (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
Corsham Court is an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown. It is in the town of Corsham, 3 miles (5 km) west of Chippenham, Wiltshire...
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Kimbolton Castle (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
Kimbolton Castle is a country house in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England. It was the final home of King Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon....
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Wycombe Abbey (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
Wycombe Abbey is a private girls' boarding and day school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The school was founded in 1896 by Dame Frances Dove...
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Ragley Hall (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
Ragley Hall in the parish of Arrow in Warwickshire is a stately home, located south of Alcester and eight miles (13 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon. It...
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Euston Hall (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
Euston Hall is a country house, with park by William Kent and Capability Brown, in Euston, a small village in Suffolk, England, just south of Thetford...
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Wrotham Park (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
Wrotham Park (pronounced /ˈruːtəm/, ROO-təm) is a neo-Palladian English country house in the parish of South Mimms, Hertfordshire. It lies south of the...
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Alnwick Castle (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
park straddling the River Aln which was landscaped by Lancelot Brown ("Capability Brown") and Thomas Call in the 18th century; it is known locally as the...
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Ickworth House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
Ickworth House is a country house at Ickworth, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. It is a neoclassical building set in parkland. The house was the...
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Coombe Abbey (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
Scotland. London: HarperCollins. pp. 168–169. Capability Brown website. Online reference Capability Brown website. Online reference Motkin, D. L. 1961...
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Cholmondeley and Andrew Moore published by Skira Rizzoli October 2014 and Capability Brown: Designing English Landscapes and Gardens by John Phibbs also published...
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Audley End House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
sweeping changes before he died in 1797. In 1762, he commissioned Capability Brown to landscape the parkland, and Robert Adam to design new reception...
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entered a golden age, under the direction of William Kent and Lancelot "Capability" Brown. They refined the English landscape garden style with the design of...
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Bowood House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
on extensive grounds which include a garden designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown. It is adjacent to the village of Derry Hill, halfway between Calne...
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