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Millgate House tel: 01748-823751 Area: Yorkshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.millgatehouse.com -- email: oztim {at} millgatehouse.demon.co.uk |
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Millgate House |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
1st Apr - mid Oct; daily; 10am - 5pm. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes end Oct - April 2010 by appointment only |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: June & July |
To
see: Roses, hostas, clematis |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| £2. Garden guide £1. RHS members free with Membership Card. |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: No Disabled Access: No |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: No |
Teas:
No Light Refreshment: No Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
| Other
Facilities: RHS Associate Garden. B&B at Millgate House or self-catering Coach House. |
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| Garden Features | |||
| Hostas, ferns, pots, clematis and snowdrops. Winner of Daily Mail/RHS National Garden Competition 2005. Featured in BBC Gardener's World 2005 The garden at Millgate House won the first National Royal Horticultural Society/ Daily Mail National Garden Competition out of 3200 entries. |
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| Behind the facade of a lovely Georgian town house in the centre of Richmond lies a small but beautiful plantsman's garden with views over the River Swale, and its waterfalls, to the Cleveland Hills beyond. This garden won the Royal Horticultural/Daily Mail National Garden Award in 1995 and has been firmly in the public eye ever since. It has been described by Stephen Lacey as "one of the lovliest shrub rose gardens in Britain". One of its most endearing characteristics is that it is still well worth visiting through to the late autumn. Clever design means that an extraordinary wealth of plants are present even in such a compact space. | |||
| History of Garden | |||
| Millgate House was built in the 1720's, possibly for a butcher who left it to his son in 1730 . It was later owned by the mayor of Richmond, Fowler Hicks. In 1812 John Hobson, whose initials are carved on the keystone at the bottom of the garden, acquired the property, re-modelled the house and bought the garden of the house next door. The house was a doctors' surgery from 1900 until the present owners, Austin Lynch and Tim Culkin both teachers from Richmond School, acquired it in 1980 and converted it back into a comfortable house whilst retaining the original Georgian and Regency features. They replanted the gardens and in 1990 converted the derelict Coach House into a spacious five-bedroomed, three-storey house, which, together with the main house provides luxurious bed and breakfast accommodation. | |||
| Nearby Yorkshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Millgate House Sandpiper Inn, Leyburn |
Restaurants: |
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| Inns & Pubs: Black Bull Inn, Moulton Sandpiper Inn, Leyburn |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Richmond Town, Castle and Georgian theatre |
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