{"product_id":"stourhead","title":"Stourhead","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn illustrated history of the landscape garden at Stourhead, created by generations of the Hoare banking dynasty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cross the south lawn at Stourhead and enter the leafy embrace of the Shades. Descend through the ancient and rare trees, and as the ground falls away a great lake appears. It is punctuated with classical temples, and a great arched bridge lunges to the other side of the water. Continue on and you will find a mystical, jagged grotto; a gothic hideaway; gods, muses and saints. This is how Henry Hoare – known as Henry the Magnificent – would have approached the garden he designed with Henry Flitcroft. It truly is an English arcadia. Perhaps he imagined himself as a journeying Aeneas, or wished to recreate a Claude Lorrain landscape? This is the history of a unique landscape, created in a misty Wiltshire valley by generations of the Hoare banking family. It follows its evolution, describing how flights of folly, individual flair and tastes, combined with careful stewardship, have formed a national treasure and one of the finest examples of the English landscape garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315254174078,"sku":"NW9781788543620","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781788543620.jpg?v=1778639962","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/stourhead","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}