Bowood House park

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Bowood House park is a renowned 18th-century English landscape garden in Wiltshire, England, celebrated as one of Lancelot "Capability" Brown’s finest and most influential designs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English landscape garden
landscape garden
tourist attraction
associatedWith Bowood House and Gardens estate
Lansdowne family
conservationStatus historic designed landscape
country United Kingdom
designer Lancelot "Capability" Brown
eraOfDesign 18th century
hasFeature Bowood Lake
drives and walks
garden buildings
lawns
ornamental water
tree clumps
woodland areas
hasPath informal walks
hasVegetation grassland
mature trees
woodland belts
hasView Bowood House
surrounding Wiltshire countryside
hasWaterFeature lake
streams
heritage 18th-century landscape design
influenced later English landscape gardens
influencedBy picturesque movement
landscapeType ornamental grounds
parkland
locatedIn Bowood
Bowood House
England
Wiltshire NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of Capability Brown’s finest works
long views and vistas
picturesque lake and water features
sweeping lawns and tree clumps
openTo public
partOf Bowood estate
period Georgian era
region South West England
style English landscape style
tourismRegion Cotswolds and Wiltshire area
usedFor heritage appreciation
recreation
tourism

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Lancelot "Capability" Brown
Robert Adam ("Bowood House interiors")
notableWork
Capability Brown
designed
Marquess of Lansdowne ("Bowood House")
familySeat
Bowood House park ("Bowood House")
locatedIn

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