Tapeley Park
Description
Tapeley Park is a stately home and gardens, with sweeping views over the North Devon coast. A living estate that combines history with sustainability. The gardens are now closed to the public until March 2018.
Tapeley Park, with its grand designs and sweeping views, is characterised by stunning scenery and a real sense of history.
The Tapeley Park estate, as it appears now, was established in the 1800s, when the house and gardens were given a neo-classical make over by then lady of the house, Lady Rosamund.
The visionary tradition has been continued by her great grandson, Hector Christie, who has been championing the importance of organic food long before it became an established feature on grocery shop shelves.
The beauty of the Tapeley landscape comes from the age of the estate. It's 'old' gardens, which include landcsaped Italian Terraces and a Victorian era lake situated in a tranquil wooded ravine, project a majesty that only time can bring.
Tapeley is a place where the past sits happily beside the present. Privately owned, its grounds also house a range of sustainability projects, from a straw bale house to one of the oldest permaculture gardens in the UK.
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facebook.comThanks to all who came to the Vintage Fayre on Saturday, and wishing you all a Happy Christmas!
“Always winter but never Christmas...” So they say about Narnia. Not so this weekend at Tapeley! Scripts For Supper is bringing its unique blend of immersive theatre and dining to the old barn.A magical theatre experience to set the festive season off with a bang! More info and tickets: https://www.scriptsforsupper.co.uk/
New for January! Permaculture Course Dates announced for 2018! We have some great news for all those interested in learning more about setting up and managing a permaculture garden. We have teamed up with North Devon Permaculture to offer a 3 day course in setting up and managing your own permaculture garden. We have spaces available on 2 courses for 2018: - 26th, 27th & 28th January 2018 - 16th, 17th & 18th March 2018 Check out course details here: https://northdevonpermaculture.com/
Remember this whopper?! For our Autumn competitition, we asked visitors to Tapeley (and the Facebook page) to guess the weight. The correct answer was 43 kilos, which is 6.7 stone (or almost a third of the weight of an adult male Giant Panda...) Anyway, not bad for a pumpkin, and not bad for Jenny Oakley from Braunton who guessed closest and so wins two free tickets to Tapeley for next season. Well done and please do get in touch to claim your prize!
Join Scripts For Supper for an exclusive Christmas show. Food and theatre collide in Scripts for Supper, where the actors double up as waiters and the food brings you into the world of the play. Music, singing, merriment and a little winter magic. Expect tea and cake with Mr Tumnus, hot chocolate and Turkish Delight with the White Witch, pan fried fish and hot buttery potatoes with Mr and Mrs Beaver and of course, marmalade roll.
Half term Tapeley Park. Weather prospects looking up later in the week and our family tickets offer a cheap day out, exploring history and nature! Come and visit before the 2017 season ends (from Monday October 30th, we are closed to the public).
We are very pleased to confirm that Masterchef semi finalist, Annie McKenzie, will be bringing a very special Scripts For Supper production to Tapeley this December (8th, 9th, 10th). Hosted in the barn and dressed for the occasion, this food and theatre collide at this unique event! Inspired by the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, more information and ticket details can be found on the website https://www.scriptsforsupper.co.uk/future-projects/
Autumn colours at Tapeley. Catch the last burst of nature's show before the season ends. Tapeley will be closed to the public from October 31st.
Come up to Tapeley Park,near Instow, North Devon this Sunday. 11 - 4pm. Tapeley Park Wedding Open Day. FREE public entry to the gardens too for one day only! Love and romance in the air and Autumn splendour in the gardens!
A few more details about this weekend!
25/09/2017: To celebrate our Tapeley Park Wedding Open Day event on Sunday, we are launching a competition! A wet summer means big pumpkins, but how big is this whopper? Guess the weight and win two free tickets for the 2018 Tapeley season. Write your guesses below! Don't forget it's FREE public entry to the gardens on the day. Come up and see what a perfect wedding venue we have and what our exclusive wedding suppliers have to offer!
One for all the horticultural detectives out there! We have had a Dahlia on the bottom terrace of the Italian Gardens, the name of which has always eluded us. But after a visit to The National Dahlia Collection near Penzance we believe we have found it! Welcome to the Lavender Leycett. Come and see the gardens this Autumn with FREE entry on our Tapeley Wedding Open Day in October (see our Tapeley Park Wedding Open Day with Top Notch Event Catering for more info!).
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