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Downton Castle, Downton on the Rock, Herefordshire: the formal garden

RIBA Ref No RIBA42061
Architect/DesignerKnight, Richard Payne (1750-1824)
Artist/PhotographerSmith, Edwin (1912-1971)
CountryUK: England
CityDownton on the Rock
Subject Date1778
Image Date1959
ViewExterior
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceESP/ENG/3984 (ES1150.7)
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditEdwin Smith / RIBA Collections
SubjectCountry houses ; Gardens ; Topiary
NOTES: Built by Richard Payne Knight, virtuoso, archaeologist and anthropologist, c.1772-1778, this house is one of the earliest contrived castellated castles. Knight was assisted in the early stages of building by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard.
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