#ham house

A walled garden at Nymans, West Sussex - The 14th-century moated Scotney Castle, Kent - Westbury Court, Gloucestershire - Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire - The formal cherry garden at Ham House, Richmond upon Thames - Powis Castle and Garden, in Powys - Biddulph Grange Garden, Staffordshire - The gardens at Erdigg, Wrexham - Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire - The restored Dutch water garden at Westbury Court, Gloucestershire.

Ham House.

Ham House is a 17th-century house set in formal gardens on the bank of the River Thames in Ham, south of Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The original house was completed in 1610 by Thomas Vavasour, an Elizabethan courtier and Knight Marshal to James I. It was then leased, and later bought, by William Murray, a close friend and supporter of Charles I. The English Civil War saw the house and much of the estate sequestrated, but Murray's wife Katherine regained them on payment of a fine. During the Protectorate his daughter Elizabeth, Countess of Dysart on her father's death in 1655, successfully navigated the prevailing anti-royalist sentiment and retained control of the estate.

Fantasy casting: Blakeney Manor! The Baroness wasn't a stickler for chronological accuracy, let's say, but she definitely did her research. So my inspirational location for Sir Percy and Marguerite's beautiful home by the river in Richmond would be Ham House. Built in 1610, Ham House is more Jacobean than Elizabethan, but the details fit, from the terrace where Sir Percy worships the ground Marguerite walks on (my favourite chapter!) to the proximity to the river and even an old sundial! 📷: National Trust and Google Maps

Ham House Garden

los angeles, ca.

Ham House, near London