| Summary: | Pleasure grounds of Poltimore House. Sale catalogue (1921) refers to about 34 acres of pleasure grounds, containing two lime avenues, rare trees and shrubs, tennis, croquet and other lawns, flower beds and herbaceous borders. Also a walled kitchen garden of nearly seven acres containing greenhouse, plant house, span forcing pits, vinery, peach-house, mushroom house, potato shed, open shed, fruit room, stores, seed room, potting shed, tools sheds and stone built and slated messroom and stable. |
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