tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post6419723707407446169..comments2023-11-26T14:27:00.264+01:00Comments on Garden History Matters: E is for English Landscape GardenToby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-65582485070258701362012-03-13T20:34:23.277+01:002012-03-13T20:34:23.277+01:00I entirely agree that " Brown's crowning ...I entirely agree that " Brown's crowning glory is Blenheim Palace " but I do think it a shame that Dodington Park in Gloucestershire where he laid out " lakes and fine contouring in a narrow Cotswold valley " c1764 for Sir William Codrington is no longer open to the public.<br /><br />Back in the 1960's my family from Bristol regularly picnicked beside the lake at Dodington with the cascade house and aqueduct to our left and the summerhouse or loggia to our right. James Dyson, current owner of Dodington, amassed a £1.45 billion fortune selling us vacuum cleaners to tidy up our homes. Thousands of people would gladly give him £10 more to see how tidy his house is and allow us a sly, sneak preview of his vast private estate if he only just allowed us in one weekend a year.<br /><br />Richard WebberAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com