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The landscape around Windermere and Bowness in the heart of the English Lake District continues to charm and attract holidaymakers from around the world. Easy lake access, forest walks, open fields with stunning views to distant fells, and town amenities within easy reach, all combine to make the area attractive to tourists and residents alike. How did such an aesthetically pleasing landscape evolve? Was it designed or mere chance? If it was designed what were the ideas behind it? How were the public able to gain access to private land with such a pleasing variety of landscapes? These…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
The landscape around Windermere and Bowness in the
heart of the English Lake District continues to charm
and attract holidaymakers from around the world. Easy
lake access, forest walks, open fields with stunning
views to distant fells, and town amenities within
easy reach, all combine to make the area attractive
to tourists and residents alike. How did such an
aesthetically pleasing landscape evolve? Was it
designed or mere chance? If it was designed what were
the ideas behind it? How were the public able to gain
access to private land with such a pleasing variety
of landscapes? These questions were the starting
points for an investigation into the exceptional
landscape around Windermere that we
enjoy today. Three case studies were chosen from
different types of designed landscapes: Blackwell,
the Arts and Crafts house and garden south of Bowness
for villa landscapes; Queen Adelaide's
Hill for amenity landscapes, preserved from
development by the newly-fledged National Trust; and
Claife Woods, a commercial woodland and also one of
the first examples of multiple-use forestry in the
country.
Autorenporträt
Gary Primrose was born in Kenya in 1950 but grew up in Western
Canada. He has always had a deep interest in the interplay
between culture and nature. He currently lives in the English
Lake District. He completed his MA in Lake District Studies, a
landscape history program at the Centre for Northwest Regional
Studies, based at Lancaster University.