Mount Ephraim Gardens, Staplehurst, near Hernhill
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Mount Ephraim Gardens, Staplehurst, near Hernhill
Image: © pam fray Taken: 28 May 2011
An avenue of topiary, viewed from the rose garden, to the rear of Mount Ephraim House, which is a Grade II listed building rebuilt from a 17th century house in 1878. The Dawes family have owned the estate for over 300 years and it covers 800 acres. The gardens extend to 10 acres in the estate and were laid out in the early 1900s and restored by Mary and Bill Dawes from the early 1950s. Mary Dawes died in 2009 aged 93.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.300009
Longitude
0.961975