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Barbara Peacock
Barbara Peacock is Director of Wessex Fine Art study courses and has run many
successful tours in both Britain and abroad and lectures for the Art Society, the Art Fund
and for the National Trust.
Dorset
Hidden Country Houses & Gardens
31 August 2021, 4 days from £1,680
Dorset is one of the most unchanged and rural of English counties, still redolent of the world of
Thomas Hardy’s novels. Hidden in remote valleys lie enchanting mediaeval and Tudor gentry manor
houses and elegant Georgian mansions, often still the homes of the descendants of the original
builders. Our tour will focus on private houses of all periods, many with important gardens.
Tour highlights
• Discover Forde Abbey and its beautiful gardens, one of the most impressive houses
of the Commonwealth period
• Visit Came House, a Georgian Palladian residence with magnificent Rococo plasterwork
• Explore the majestic woodland gardens at Minterne, a sophisticated Arts and Crafts house
• Enjoy a morning at St Giles House in Wimborne, one of Dorset’s fascinating country houses
Forde Abbey
Minterne Gardens
Corfe Castle
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To book call 01280 736 115 or visit artpursuits.com