Graham Rains's Pictures of Kingston Maurward House & Gardens

Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

One of a pair of Mute Swans which nest on the lake each year. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

A family of Fallow Deer relaxing. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

The animal park shows examples of some rare breeds of British farm animals. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

There are a growing number of Alpaca breeders in the UK. Alpacas are mainly bred for their fleece, but some sheep farmers graze individual pairs with sheep flocks. Apparently they make good security guards and ward off foxes at lambing time. This is Ben, sporting a new hair style. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

There seems to be a dispute in the donkey enclosure, regarding the ownership of a feed bowl? One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurwood, Stinsford.

A nesting Mute Swan, at the quiet northern end of the lake. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

Excalibur sculpture in the lake. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

The Japanese Garden. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

A view down the walled garden to the surrounding countryside. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

A great variety of herbaceous perennials and border plants are displayed throughout the walled garden area. Viewed in this instance through a curtain of Verbena in the foreground. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

One of the specimen beds of the walled garden. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

The large walled garden area, is situated behind the Old Manor House. Like the main estate gardens, it is divided into separate sections to accommodate different planting schemes. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurwood, Stinsford.

One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

The Southern aspect of this late Elizabethan manor house, which was restored in 1968. The Manor House is situated some distance from the main Regency Palladian Mansion, and stands at the eastern end of the lake. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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KIngston Maurward, Stinsford.

One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

Sunshine and showers in 'The Crown Garden'. One of a series of images, featuring Kingston Maurward House and Gardens, Stinsford, Dorchester.

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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford.

The Old Manor House sits a half-a-mile away from Kingston Maurward House, on the same estate. The grounds and lands around both buildings afforded Thomas Hardy plenty of scenic material for his fictional backdrops, such as the old fingerpost in the Eweleaze. The much newer, more elegant Portland-stone-surfaced Kingston Maurward House (called "Knapwater House" in Hardy's works) is now the Dorset College of Agriculture. The Elizabethan Manor House, was built between 1717 and 1720, is situated at the eastern end of the estate. Thomas Hardy lived in the nearby village of Lower Bockhampton. There are short walks from the estate, along the banks of the River Piddle, to lower Bockhampton to the east, and west to the nearby Stinsford Church. Here there is a memorial to Thomas Hardy in the churchyard.

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