Claydon House: The Middle Lake
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Claydon House: The Middle Lake
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 3 May 2009
In the grounds of Claydon House three lakes forming a crescent shape were created for the 2nd Earl Verney in the 1760s and 1770s by the landscaping of the land along a minor tributary stream of Padbury Brook under the direction of John Sanderson of Caversham. This is the Middle Lake of the three.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.9226
Longitude
-0.958366