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Powis Castle And Garden

Powis Castle And Garden
Address: Powis Castle & Garden
Welshpool
Powys
Postcode: SY21 8RF
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Powis Castle & Garden

Medieval castle rising dramatically above the celebrated garden

The world-famous garden, overhung with enormous clipped yews, shelters rare and tender plants. Laid out under the influence of Italian and French styles, it retains its original lead statues, an orangery and an aviary on the terraces. In the 18th century an informal woodland wilderness was created on the opposite ridge. High on a rock above the terraces, the castle, originally built c.1200, began life as a fortress of the Welsh Princes of Powys and commands magnificent views toward England. Remodelled and embellished over more than 400 years, it reflects the changing needs and ambitions of the Herbert family, each generation adding to the magnificent collection of paintings, sculpture, furniture and tapestries. A superb collection of treasures from India is displayed in the Clive Museum. Edward, the son of Robert Clive, the conqueror of India, married Lady Henrietta Herbert in 1784, uniting the Powis and Clive estates

01938 551929



Name and credits for images of Powis Castle
 
Reference: 143548
 
Description of image -  An exterior view of Powis Castle with the stunning Baroque terraces of the garden below.

 
Reference: 143550
 
Description of image -  A view of the yew hedges which buttress the terraced gardens at Powis Castle. The garden was designed by Captain William Winde in the C17th but the yew hedges have since swelled and subsided out of their original shape.
 
Credit for photograph: ©NTPL/Stephen Robson
 
Copyright: ©NTPL/Stephen Robson


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