Melbourne Hall Gardens from The Birdcage
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Melbourne Hall Gardens from The Birdcage
Image: © Trevor Rickard Taken: 11 Aug 2012
Looking west across the large pond and terraced lawns to Melbourne Hall and the Church of St Michael with St Mary. The intricate Birdcage Arbour was manufactured by Robert Bakewell in 1706-08 and erected as a centrepiece of the French-style garden designed by London and Wise for Thomas Coke. Bakewell - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bakewell_(ironsmith)
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