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Staffordshire - Places of Interest
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Consall Hall Landscape Gardens
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Consall, nr Stole-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST9 0AG
Tel: 01782 551947
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Consall Hall Landscape Garden covers an
exceptional 70 acre site where four small valleys have
been combined into an enchanting natural landscape.
The beauty has been enhanced by the creation of six
lakes, grottoes, follies, bridges and a charming cottage
style summer house all surrounded by shelter belts
planted with swathes of different trees to accentuate
the valleys and create beautiful backgrounds.
The manor of Consall is first mentioned in the Domesday Book and the present hall was started
in 1807. 150 years ago the area was ravaged by
mining when 2,000 miners formed large pit banks
which destroyed the views over the valleys. These
scars were removed 48 years ago by William Podmore
OBE when he began the restoration of the landscape
and produced the beauty that can be seen today; a series of astonishing vistas which have
been made easily accessible by linking with four miles of paths.
The vistas were composed in the same way as a painting starting with an
interesting foreground, drawing the eye over grass or water to an eye catcher set against a
stunning background. Each viewpoint is provided with a seat and some are covered to provide
shelter whatever the weather, as well as framing the vista to form a carefully composed living
picture, which continually changes throughout the day as well as with the seasons and the weather.
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