Project in collaboration with Stefano Marinaz, London 2014.
Kings Weston is a Grade 1 listed building designed for politician Edward Southwell by John Vanbrugh at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The magnificent house was originally surrounded by a garden made for Southwell with help from his distinguished friend, John Evelyn. Almost every trace of the Baroque layout and the Picturesque landscape that replaced it has gone, but the new garden takes its inspiration from the grand combination of Baroque parterres and avenues immortalised in Johannes Kip’s eighteenth-century engraving of Kings Weston. ©Stefano Marinaz
SouthEast side
Southwest side
As the garden’s original boundaries have disappeared, we have been able to create a slightly different footprint for the modern layout. The new design incorporates generous lawns surrounded by colourful perennial planting. A new terrace furnished with two simple fountains will form a striking and practical link between house and garden. ©Stefano Marinaz
On the southwest side of the house we have echoed Vanbrugh’s circular entrance courtyard known as the Great Court. We will retain the ancient lime trees leading up to this facade, planting a brand new lime avenue to lead visitors into our new interpretation of the Great Court. ©Stefano Marinaz
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