Boveridge House School, (also known as The Philip Green Memorial School), Wimborne, England

This site is NOT open to public.

Brief description of site

Boveridge House School has a 1920s formal and water garden of around 10 hectares, in a larger estate which, at its most extensive, was around 590 hectares. This included parkland, woodland and agricultural land. Since 1970 the estate has been in divided use and ownership, with the gardens now being part of the school grounds.

Brief history of site

There had been a farm on the site of an older mansion. A new mansion designed by William Evans of Wimborne was built at Boveridge after 1788. Little is known about the setting of Brouncker's house, but the Ordnance Survey Surveyor's Drawing (1807-1808) shows the house set in a strip of pleasure grounds and woodland extending from north-west to south-east. In 1920, Charles Gordon and his wife, an enthusiastic amateur gardener, commissioned Thomas Mawson to provide plans for new formal gardens around the House. Gertrude Jekyll provided planting plans which were implemented in the 1920s.

Location information:

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number:	195	Grid Ref:	SU070147
Latitude:	50.93171	Longitude:	-1.901763

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