Fawsley Estate

You can book the Hall or The Granary, but did you know you can also book the Park for an outdoor wedding under the stars?

Planning a special event, click on the book now button above to request a booking form.

Did you attend the Capability Brown Tercentenary Master Class at Fawsley?
http://gardenstrusts.org.uk/docs/TheCapabilityBrownTercentenaryMasterclasses.pdf

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/realestate/capability-brown-the-master-of-the-english-garden.html?_r=0

Capability Brown, the Master of the English Garden A number of houses that sit amid grounds designed by the man known as the “father of landscape architecture” are on the market.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/titchmarsh-on-capability-brown/episode-guide

Series 1 - Titchmarsh on Capability Brown Capability Brown was Britain's greatest landscape visionary, creating the gardens of many stately homes. Alan is invited to help bring to life a design for one of Brown's last great works.

http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org/post/agenda/capability-brown-tercentenary-1716-to-2016/

Capability Brown Tercentenary, 1716 to 2016 | Garden History Society

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardens-to-visit/capability-brown-s-tercentenary-/

Capability Brown's tercentenary: things to do and where to do them Next year (2016) is the tercentenary of the birth of world-renowned landscape gardener Capability Brown (1716-2016). Capability Brown Credit: Hulton Archive Over the next six months or so, as stately gardens, parks and museums announce all kinds of events and happenings to celebrate his birth, at Te…

2016 is the Tercentenary of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown and Faswley is listed as part of his great body of work, see http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/1311/summary

Brief description of site
The site originated in the 14th century, with developments in the 16th, 18th and 19th centuries. The park was landscaped by Lancelot Brown in about 1763 and remains generally intact, though the gardens were largely replanted in the 20th century.

Brief history of site
The present house was begun by Richard Knightley, who died in 1534. The house was unoccupied after 1913, and the contents were sold in 1914.

Location information:
Address: Fawsley Hall Hotel, Fawsley, nr Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 3BA
Locality: Daventry
Local Authorities:
Northamptonshire; Daventry; Fawsley
Historical County: Northamptonshire
OS Landranger Map Sheet Number: 152 Grid Ref: SP562568
Latitude: 52.2066 Longitude: -1.17901
Directions:
On the A361 between Daventry and Banbury

Visitor facilities
Key information:
Form of site: landscape park
Purpose of site: Ornamental
Context or principal building: hotel
Site Style : English landscape garden
Site first created: Before 1534
Main period of development: Mid 18th century
Survival: Extant
Site Size (Hectares): 330

Fawsley Parks and Gardens Data Services, United Kingdom Database of Historic Parks and Gardens