Private visit to to Colebrook House Garden

Colebrook House Garden

Jason Ingram

Another first for our Friends. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Blockley had a thriving silk industry. The Cole and Blockley Brooks flowing through Colebrook House garden drove the mills. Remains of one such building lie at the heart of the garden. Hidden behind a wall, this full-of-contrasts garden was redrawn between 2016-2019 to the designs of Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, a landscape architect with a passion for the historical and cultural, in close collaboration with the owners. The owner will give a welcome introduction. The C17th Cotswold mill-house home (not open) sits on an eminence adjoining a Great Lawn from where views overlook a newly-formed sloping walled garden. Pass through the lower wall gate to discover distinctive areas laid out on an east-facing slope overlooking more running water, with hanging natural gardens covering the opposite bank. The broad north-south terrace traverses the garden, linking the walled garden to the pool terrace and croquet lawn, all set in this imaginative two-acre garden. Included at the end of your visit is a cream tea at the nearby Village Café. Garden not fully wheelchair accessible.

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