Charles Bridgeman

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Charles Bridgeman was an influential early 18th-century English landscape designer who helped pioneer the transition from formal Baroque gardens to the more naturalistic English landscape style.

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instanceOf garden designer
landscape designer
person
activeYears circa 1710s–1738
burialPlace St George’s, Hanover Square, London
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth circa 1690
dateOfDeath 1738
describedAs pioneer of the English landscape garden
employer Royal Household of the United Kingdom
surface form: British royal household
era early 18th century
fieldOfWork garden design
landscape architecture
gender male
genre landscape design
hasHonorificTitle Royal Gardener to George II
influenced English landscape garden style
surface form: English landscape garden movement

Lancelot "Capability" Brown
William Kent
knownFor transition from formal Baroque gardens to naturalistic English landscape style
movement English landscape garden
nationality English
notableProject Claremont Landscape Garden
surface form: Claremont Landscape Garden for the Prince of Wales

Kensington Gardens for the British royal family
Stowe landscape gardens
surface form: Stowe House gardens for Viscount Cobham
notableWork gardens at Claremont
gardens at Hyde Park
gardens at Kensington Gardens
Rousham
surface form: gardens at Rousham

Stowe landscape gardens
surface form: gardens at Stowe
occupation garden designer
landscape gardener
partOf history of English garden design
placeOfBirth England
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld Royal Gardener
residence London, England
surface form: London
style transitional style between Baroque formality and naturalistic landscape
usedDesignElement formal avenues
geometric parterres
ha-ha
naturalistic parkland
wilderness planting
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

various English country estates

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Houghton Hall landscapeDesigner Charles Bridgeman
Stowe landscape gardens designedBy Charles Bridgeman
Claremont Landscape Garden designedBy Charles Bridgeman
Stowe House associatedWithLandscapeDesigner Charles Bridgeman
Stowe Gardens hasArchitect Charles Bridgeman
Fetcham Park House hasGroundsLaidOutBy Charles Bridgeman