Last Friday's visit to the Cotswolds to look at autumn colour started with a trip to Batsford Aboretum, and from there after lunch, we drove our down the drive from Batsford and crossed over the road to Sezincote which is located quite a long way down a majestic drive. This was my first visit to Sezincote and I'll certainly go back there, the house is very picturesque from the outside and set in wonderful grounds on high ground, so the views are spectacular. Apparently it's 'a Mughal Indian palace set in the Cotswold Hills created by the nabob Charles Cockerell in 1805'.
I also took this description from their website:
'Sezincote is unique. At the heart of a traditional, family-run estate covering 4,500 acres of rolling Cotswold countryside stands a 200-year-old Mogul Indian palace, set in a romantic landscape of temples, grottoes, waterfalls and canals reminiscent of the Taj Mahal.
Visitors are welcomed to the house and garden at the set opening times, and a very few special weddings are hosted every summer.
Sezincote sits at 875 feet above sea level in the North Cotswolds. The House is still privately owned and remains the centre of a thriving agricultural estate, which provides resources both to maintain the house, and to sustain the complex tapestry of rural life.
Sezincote remains a genuine ‘family affair’ with a brother and sister team managing the house and estate respectively with continued support from the older generation and some engaged interest from the younger.
The Estate is run to traditional English standards, with a mixed farming enterprise allowing plenty of permanent grassland and proper fencing, complemented by well managed woodlands that provide not only timber but also good wildlife habitat.
The House, however, is far from traditional - it was built in the “Indian Style”, a unique combination of Hindu and Muslim architecture. The gardens were designed with the help of Humphrey Repton. Sezincote is credited with influencing the design of the Brighton pavilion after a visit by The Prince Regent in 1807.'
It's certainly a fabulous place to take photos of the stunning trees, views and architecture of the buildings, I'll start with my favourite photo taken from the front of the house, the outlines of the trees are fantastic
I also loved this combination of trees with a fabulously colourful Acer, seen from the Hindu bridge on the way in
The bridge is adorned with 4 Brahmin bulls
they are facing each other on either side of the bridge
The house is so photogenic, I took a photo from this angle
and also slightly in the shade from the Persian Paradise Garden
to the left of the house overlooking the paradise Garden is a crescent shaped orangery where teas are served in the summer. When we visited last week, there were two other couples there, not enough to make afternoon tea worth serving.
Here's a few views from inside the orangery
and then at the end of the orangery, the furthest end from the house, there's a lovely sitting area with a lovely agave in a planter, beautifully framed by the doorway, sadly there was a heater on the right of the photo, slightly spoiling things!
Here's a close up of the agave
and looking through the coloured glass of the beautifully shaped windows is magic.
Above, another building with some beautiful coloured glass in the windows, and below, on the way out we admired the Temple of Surya before leaving the garden.
I also took this description from their website:
'Sezincote is unique. At the heart of a traditional, family-run estate covering 4,500 acres of rolling Cotswold countryside stands a 200-year-old Mogul Indian palace, set in a romantic landscape of temples, grottoes, waterfalls and canals reminiscent of the Taj Mahal.
Visitors are welcomed to the house and garden at the set opening times, and a very few special weddings are hosted every summer.
Sezincote sits at 875 feet above sea level in the North Cotswolds. The House is still privately owned and remains the centre of a thriving agricultural estate, which provides resources both to maintain the house, and to sustain the complex tapestry of rural life.
Sezincote remains a genuine ‘family affair’ with a brother and sister team managing the house and estate respectively with continued support from the older generation and some engaged interest from the younger.
The Estate is run to traditional English standards, with a mixed farming enterprise allowing plenty of permanent grassland and proper fencing, complemented by well managed woodlands that provide not only timber but also good wildlife habitat.
The House, however, is far from traditional - it was built in the “Indian Style”, a unique combination of Hindu and Muslim architecture. The gardens were designed with the help of Humphrey Repton. Sezincote is credited with influencing the design of the Brighton pavilion after a visit by The Prince Regent in 1807.'
It's certainly a fabulous place to take photos of the stunning trees, views and architecture of the buildings, I'll start with my favourite photo taken from the front of the house, the outlines of the trees are fantastic
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