Rousham
William Kent’s garden by the River Cherwell, an early English landscape garden.
William Kent remodelled an older garden for General Dormer and let it follow the shapes of the landscape. The paths lead from one feature to the next, and the views are planned like pictures.
Rousham keeps much of Kent’s original composition, which is unusual. It counts as one of the best-preserved examples of the early landscape garden.
Materials: Lawns, trees, watercourses, temples and sculptures
Manufacture: Remodelled 1737–1741 by William Kent at Rousham House in Oxfordshire, England.
The sculpture of the Dying Gladiator on a lawn.
The little water stair with cascades.
The view over the river and the landscape.