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The Hon. Charles Hamilton was one of those extraordinary eighteenth-century gentlemen who, like Lord Cobham at Stowe and Henry Hoare at Stourhead, turned their gardens into works of art.
Inspired by his time in Italy, Hamilton set out to transform the 'accursed hill' at Painshill in Surrey into a pictorialā¦
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The story of the creation, and re-creation, of one of Englandās most beautifulābut least knownāgardens. Painshill, on the southwestern outskirts of London, was built in the mid-1700s by Charles Hamilton, a minor aristocrat, with money garnered from government sinecures and his wealthy friends. Later admired by Thomas Jefferson, the garden has a large artificial lake, temples, a pagoda, a hermitās hut, and a fabulous crystal-studded, entirely manmade, grotto which cost the equivalent of Ā£14 million today to build. After falling into decay, the garden has been restored by a dedicated band of men and women, including the author of thisā¦
From Roderick's list on the history of the gardening industry.
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