Designed Landscapes around Windermere from 1880-1920 : a vision of Arcadia in the English Lake District

ISBN-13: 9783639151916 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 88 str.

Gary Primrose

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The landscape around Windermere and Bowness in theheart of the English Lake District continues to charmand attract holidaymakers from around the world. Easylake access, forest walks, open fields with stunningviews to distant fells, and town amenities withineasy reach, all combine to make the area attractiveto tourists and residents alike. How did such anaesthetically pleasing landscape evolve? Was itdesigned or mere chance? If it was designed what werethe ideas behind it? How were the public able to gainaccess to private land with such a pleasing varietyof landscapes? These questions were the startingpoints for an investigation into the exceptionallandscape around Windermere that weenjoy today. Three case studies were chosen fromdifferent types of designed landscapes: Blackwell,the Arts and Crafts house and garden south of Bownessfor villa landscapes; Queen Adelaide'sHill for amenity landscapes, preserved fromdevelopment by the newly-fledged National Trust; andClaife Woods, a commercial woodland and also one ofthe first examples of multiple-use forestry in thecountry.

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Gary Primrose was born in Kenya in 1950 but grew up in Western
Canada. He has always had a deep interest in the interplay
between culture and nature. He currently lives in the English
Lake District. He completed his MA in Lake District Studies, a
landscape history program at the Centre for Northwest Regional
Studies, based at Lancaster University.