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1 de mar. de 2022 · Sissinghurst Castle garden was created by Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson who transformed the ruins of this Elizabethan mansion and gardens in the 1930s. The castle tower dating from the 16th century is virtually all that remains of the grand Manor House.
Nicolson was born in Bransgore, England to the writer and publisher Nigel Nicolson and his wife Philippa Tennyson-d’Eyncourt, and grew up at Sissinghurst. She read English Literature at St Hugh’s College, Oxford . She is the granddaughter of the writers Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson.
Varsinaisen linnan rakennutti varakas aatelinen Sir John Baker 1540-luvulla. Hänen poikansa Sir Richard Baker laajensi linnaa ja rakennutti sen kaksoistornin vuonna 1573 linnassa vierailleen kuningatar Elisabet I:n kunniaksi. Seuraavien omistajien aikana linna alkoi vähitellen rapistua. 1700-luvun puolivälissä käydyn seitsenvuotisen sodan ...
37Comments. In this second episode of our Great British Houses series: In the heart of Kent is one of Britain’s most intriguing houses: Sissinghurst Castle Garden. Originally a grand Elizabethan manor, by the 20th century Sissinghurst had fallen into a ruinous state. Yet it was this wildness and disrepair which enchanted one of the ...
Cranbrook, Kent. / 51.09667°N 0.53556°E / 51.09667; 0.53556. Cranbrook is a town in the civil parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst, in the Weald of Kent in South East England. It lies roughly half-way between Maidstone and Hastings, about 38 miles (61 km) southeast of central London.
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13 de dez. de 2023 · The National Trust's Sissinghurst Castle and Garden, near Cranbrook, Kent, is the famous garden of writer Vita Sackville-West.
