It’s very rare indeed to find a seemingly unspoilt designed landscape, especially one dating from the mid-18thc. Yet a few do exist, although I suspect none are as convincing, despite the changes that have inevitably taken place, as West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire.
Created by the dilettante art collector, libertine and libertarian, Sir Francis Dashwood – clearly a man with a sense of humour – it is an impeccable Georgian estate, smaller in scale than Stowe which is not far away, but equally special and if anything even more engaging. It was my birthday treat visit recently…and what a treat it proved to be.
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