Croome Park

The Landscape at Croome was not made as an afterthought. House and garden here form an integrated design. The park may be in the naturalistic style, based partly on the landscape paintings of Claude Gellee ‘le Lorraine’ and Nicolas Poussin and partly on ‘Capability’ Brown’s native Northumberland scenery, replacing the formal patterns of earlier periods, but every element in it is in fact orchestrated. The house and the lake, the follies, temples and statues, the parkland and the river are all carefully arranged in relation to each other.*

Croome Park

Croome Park

Croome Park

Croome Park

Croome Park

*From the Croome guide book

10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 8th 2017

10 Responses to “Croome – The Landscape”

  1. The Yum List says:

    These are such moody photos. I imagine some good tales taking place right here.

  2. Ginnie says:

    This is when I want to say “More English you cannot get!”

  3. That looks stunning, CP. Great landscape shots; great landscape!

  4. James Higham says:

    It certainly creates the idea of space.

  5. Astrid says:

    This is such a great place and what a beautiful landscape with it. To me these estates have the most beautiful grond around them. Always a joy to visit them.