Tuesday, June 29, 2010

On the Subject of Garden Seating! Westbury Court


A magnificent 400-year-old evergreen oak growing at Westbury Court Garden.

Continuing the topic of benches and garden seating... a throne-like structure

...that complements Westbury Court's formal Dutch water gardens,
rescued by The National Trust after many years of neglect.
The bench inscription reads: To remember Hugo Colchester Memyss - 1910-1974
Representing the last of his family at WESTBURY COURT.

Link to Westbury Court Garden:

Posted by Bay Area Tendrils at 12:52 PM
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5 comments:

  1. HelenJune 29, 2010 at 5:48:00 PM PDT

    Oh, my. Isn't that quite the seat. Looks like it should be wearing velvet knickers and a tricorn hat! (Though my dates might be a few hundred years off.)

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  2. Stone Art's BlogJune 30, 2010 at 12:28:00 AM PDT

    Wow that really is a garden throne, cant say I've seen anything like that in the garden before!

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  3. CarrieJune 30, 2010 at 5:18:00 AM PDT

    Now THAT is a bench to be proud of :)

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  4. AnonymousJuly 1, 2010 at 10:35:00 PM PDT

    How extraordinarily repulsive. Best covered by velvet knickers I agree. Make them drawers even. Ermine lined of course!
    R

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  5. Bay Area TendrilsJuly 2, 2010 at 8:15:00 AM PDT

    Velvet knickers...tricorn hat... repulsive! How this 'throne' does stir up some deep, dare I say, vivid musings.

    I think we'd all look quite dignified sitting for a group photo ;-0

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