"The fidelity of a mirror" : the late 18th and early 19th century landscape at Middleton Hall.

The intention of this study is to examine evidence for the designed landscape at Middleton Hall, now the site of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Very little documentary evidence remains of Sir William Paxton’s improvements to the estate and there are no plans or letters confirming the involvement of various individuals. However two vital sources of information are still extant. There is a detailed description of a visit to Middleton Hall in 1813 made by the Harcourt Family and an album of watercolours with a plan of the park by Thomas Hornor made in 1815 and still in the possession of Paxton’s descendants. The deconstruction of these two primary sources offers a great deal of information about the landscape at Middleton Hall which was evolving at the juncture between two great movements in landscape design.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

ma

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

masters

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Fox, Sara.

• D204 Hanes Modern
• SB Meithrin planhigion

Dc Identifier Grantnumber

UWTSD

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.uwtsd.ac.uk:372