- Iford Manor – Peto Garden Stairway (Alice Joyce photo)
An influential figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain, architect Harold Peto lent his name and remarkable artistry to the garden at Iford Manor, near the city of Bath in Bradford on Avon, England.
Iford Manor .. Peto Garden (Alice Joyce photo)
In Iford Manor’s idealized setting, Peto created a captivating landscape, now restored and open to the public. The potency of the Peto Garden is enticing, a place to wander delightedly amid terraces reminiscent of an Italian villa.
Vista Over Wall (Alice Joyce photo)
- Peto Garden Terrace (Alice Joyce photo)
Working during the Edwardian period, Peto designed a garden steeped in a lush romanticism: a style that rings true despite nostalgic references. In leaving his mark upon the Wiltshire landscape, Peto forged a gateway to another era, an oasis of great beauty.
- Stone Bench (Alice Joyce photo)
Topiary and Fountain (Alice Joyce photo)
Magnificent hardscape elements harmonize with emerald green topiary; the garden’s terraces and buildings clothed in exuberant Spring-blooming Wisteria, Ceanothus and Choisya.
Peto Garden Great Terrace (Alice Joyce photo)
Peto furnished the landscape with arrays of stone statuary and bronze sculptures: The eye-catching ornamentation provides compelling counterpoints throughout the layout, from the arcadian Loggia to the Blue Pool, Casita to the Cloisters and Japanese Garden.
Iford Manor - Peto Garden River God (Alice Joyce photo)
- Canal – Peto Garden (Alice Joyce photo)
- Peto Garden Cloisters (Alice Joyce photo)
Stayed just down the road at a nearby B & B and never visited Iford Manor … now I know what we missed. Great photos … such a beautiful place. The Garden Terraces and the Garden Cloisters are wonderful.
Wow. Can you imagine living there? Is the vulpine statue related to Romulus and Remus? I couldn’t get a close enough look.
the cloisters look serene…
Blimme, it takes Alice in calif to tell me what I should be looking at in UK!
Haven’t been there in 20 years – went as college student! Must revisit. Maybe you should visit Uk more often to tell us all what we should be seeing.
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R
Isn’t is wonderful – did you go over the lane to peek in the private garden too? My favourite bit, just fab.
Are you coming over again soon?