The Archer Pavillion

A trip out to Wrest Park with the photo group. A grey overcast day meant the light was awful for photos but it was nice to get out for a while........until the heavens opened :-/

The park is divided by a wide gravel central walk, continued as a long canal that leads to a Baroque pavilion banqueting house ( shown here) designed by Thomas Archer and completed in 1711. The interior of the pavilion is decorated with an impressive Ionic columns in trompe-l'œil. Boundary canals were altered to take the more natural shape by Capability Brown, who worked there between 1758 and 1760, and who also ringed the central formal area with a canal and woodland. The gardens and garden houses were mapped by John Rocque in 1735.[4] During the later 18th and 19th centuries, the Bath House, an orangery and marble fountains were added.
My laptop is still playing and it's taken ages just to look at a few photos, so I will try to add a few extras of the trip another day.

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