Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust event: Gardens near the Church
to be held on Wednesday 25th June between 10am and 5pm with lunches at
St. Mary’s Church, Wendover.
Tickets will cost £26 plus an extra £5 for those who wish to order a light lunch.
Link for booking tickets see below:
This our fourth Gardens near the Church day brings us just south of Aylesbury where more beautiful private gardens are to be found. They are generously being opened on Wednesday 25th June from 10am until 5pm to raise funds for the Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust.
This is also a unique opportunity to visit some special churches and have a day out exploring another part of our historic county. We very much hope that you will make time to visit them and thus help support the Trust.
Caroline Abel Smith OBE DL
Chairman Appeal Committee
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Drayton Beauchamp
The Old Rectory garden open by kind permission of Gary and Lucy Kibble. An acre of garden with large parterre at the front of the house. Wildlife pond, herbaceous borders, mature shrubs, orchard and vegetable/cutting garden. Refreshments available here all day.
Morgans garden open by kind permission of Alistair and Chris Dunbar. 8.5 acres with two very different areas: a more traditional garden around the house and then beyond is a wildlife area with large interconnecting fish ponds. Whole area a haven for wildlife including Muntjac, Roe and Chinese water deer, badgers, foxes and otters.
St Mary the Virgin, Drayton Beauchamp is a striking church with a chequer-board pattern on the tower and embattled parapets. The late C15 century E window contains glass considered some of the best in Buckinghamshire. An outstanding monument by Woodman, to William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven.
Dinton and Ford
Moat Farm, Ford, garden open by kind permission of Mrs Patricia Bergqvist. Peaceful two-acre garden with moats and woodland garden as well as herbaceous border and wealth of roses.
St Peter and St Paul, Dinton. Serving a large parish which includes the hamlet of Ford, the original Norman Church had a most spectacular and elaborately moulded and carved Norman S doorway which remains to this day.
Ellesborough
Homelands, Springs Lane, garden open by kind permission of Tony and Jean Young. Approximately one acre on difficult chalk. Deep borders with seasonal interest and gravel beds. Wild flower meadow and wildlife pond.
St Peter and St Paul, Ellesborough lies in a prominent position overlooking the Vale of Aylesbury. The chancel, nave, S aisle and SW tower were built in C15. C16 brasses commemorate members of the Hawtrey family including Mary (first wife of William Hawtrey who rebuilt Chequers).
Haddenham
Manor Farm garden open by kind permission of David and Lizzie Banister. One-acre garden surrounded by wychert walls with formal walled garden and glorious views of the Chilterns and church. Refreshments available here all day.
4 White Hart Lane garden open by kind permission of Neil and Vanessa Shepherd-Smith contains a huge variety of traditional perennials but also some unusual shrubs and flowers.
St Mary’s Church, Haddenham attained most of its size in C13 still retaining much detail. An impressive W tower with Early Gothic blind arcading and the long tall nave and the chancel have several Early English lancets. There is a fine C15 piscina, a Norman Aylesbury type font and some C16 benches.
Little Kimble
All Saints Church Little Kimble. There are wonderful early C14 wall paintings of many saints in this small church. Remarkable C13 ‘Chertsey Abbey’ tiles, ornamented with figures such as a king on a throne, a mounted knight and knights fighting with swords adorn the chancel floor.
Wendover
Cedar House garden is open by kind permission of Mrs Sarah Nicholson. Sarah is a very knowledgeable plantswoman and has gardened here for 18 years introducing a great variety of trees, shrubs and plants and a natural swimming pond with wild flowers.
St Mary, Wendover stands in rural isolation on the S edge of the town. Settlement was drawn away from it when a borough was established in C13 and new settlement established fronting the High Street. The church today is C14 but much restored in C19 and C20.
A light lunch will be served here, for those who have booked, between 12 and 2pm. There will also be a Plant and Produce stall.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust will be attending thiis event with its Garden History Road Show gazebo and exhibition.
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Booking
To book Tickets
https://buytickets.at/buckinghamshirehistoricchurchestrust/1613591
If you are unable to attend but wish to make a donation, you may do so by visiting the BHCT website
www.bucks-historic-churches.org.uk and using the “Donate” button
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