Some fascinating places are opened up to the public for the National Open Garden Days. One of the last of the events for the NGS in Staffordshire for this year took place on Sunday when Stonehill Quarry House Garden welcomed visitors.
The house and surrounding wood are set in the hollow of an old rocky quarry, which has now been encouraged to return to Nature - shrubs, ferns, flowering trees have been planted in profusion.
The house, a nice example of modernistic late-60s architecture, echoes the wide and jagged angles of the old quarry.
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Brutilist comes to mind but the greenery makes it look better
ReplyDeleteI don't usually go for that era architecture, but this works.
ReplyDeleteLooking a bit scruffy these days. Stonehill was bought by my late father for him and his second wife Carolone to live in and develop the gardens into what they are now.
ReplyDeleteIt has been featured on Gardeners World and I believe Caroline still opens the gardens to the public...though I think it is by appointment. Fond memories of a great dad !