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A Detailed House, Charles Lewis Bowman, England, English garden, Formal gardens, Garden, Garden maze, Greenwich, Hedge maze, Limestone, London, maze, Mel Gibson, Mel Gibson's house, Old Mill Farm, Staddle stones, Stone cottage, Stone wall, Tudor architecture
In Greenwich, Connecticut, there is a private Tudor estate, Old Mill Farm, designed by architect Charles Lewis Bowman in 1926, that has timeless landscaping complete with secret gardens, a hedge maze, old stone walls and iron gates.
Entrance with reflecting pool
I love purple and think it lends itself well to stone structures and walls.
Staddle stones mark the entrance into into a garden “room”.
London plane trees with exfoliating bark surrounded by boxwood (what variation, I’m not sure).
A large armillary most likely atop a pedestal. I would love to have one 🙂
Limestone arched portico…so gorgeous!
Huh! Reminiscent of my Wild for Wisteria post!
A birdhouse befitting the property! Just adore it and really, really, really want one!
‘New Dawn’ roses climb the arbor, while spent petals carpet the grass, making for an exquisite pathway.
OK, this is crazy cool and has an ‘Alice in Wonderland’ vibe!
Even new structures, like the tennis court, keep with the architecture.
Couldn’t you just wonder these grounds forever?
This storybook house is for the staff and the stables are attached! Just adorable!
The historic nature of the house is not what gave us access to these grounds; Mel Gibson used to own this 75 acre property with his now ex-wife that sold for $24 million in 2010, which helped give us a thorough look due to the MLS pictures, Forbes, a spread in Veranda and Google Earth!
A Detailed House 
Gorgeous Gorgeous Gorgeous! I wish I could keep a handful of full-time gardeners to keep my garden looking like that!
Looks like something you would typically find in England. I really love the Wisteria! Overall a very beautiful home. Thanks for the post – very good read 🙂
Having both French and English (rather read Scottish) genes in me I think I can safely say the French gardens are beautiful, but come second to the English style. Lovely post.
That looks very English! I don’t live in England, but just over the border in Wales. That garden has made me feel quite homesick. 🙂
Beautiful!
Wow, what a gorgeous place! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for taking the time to collect all the photos from the variety of sources. I’ve only recently discovered your blog site and am now a following fan.
It is lovely. The rose arbour path and those lupins standing so stately by the house are highlights for me. Not sure the ‘reflecting pool’ will do much reflecting with those fountains!
Beautiful job on the photos.
Well done, inspiring. Thank you!
I would like one of those if you please! I will start saving now!
This is just beautiful. I love it a real stunner Kearney. Love the Wisteria.
Cynthia
You could get lost there!
Very reminiscent of the homes on the National Trust.
that is fabulous!!
this is so gorgeous! i love it!
As always, your pictures are beautiful! My pinterest page is full of them! 🙂
I would so love to live there, even the staff house. With the housing market down, I wonder if they’d take $23 mill for it?
Spectacular! Thanks for sharing this pristine garden interlude.
The wisteria and the rose arbour for me please! My husband designs gardens for a living so I’m on familiar territory here.
Aaa, those wonderful old English homes… buy some English interior magazines and like their special style…. very nice blog btw ( I spare money looking at Internet , instead of buying expensive interior magazines;)))
Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!
I adore the staff house! And how very very nice a garden room would be as all of my neighbors yards but up against mine. They are mostly never out and about but that could change with new people.
I’m so sure Mel Gibson was supposed to bequeath that house to me!!!! 😦
what a wonderful place.
Simply breathtaking and those gardens….
I don’t know if you accept awards or not, but I have nominated you for the “One Lovely Blog” Award. You can see your nomination here: http://futureflyingsaucers.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/and-another-award/
Yay! Thank you so much!!!!
I want this home. I’m looking under my sofa cushions for enough quarters. : )
I so want to live here; stone cottages are my dream house! I nominated you for the versatile blogger award.
I would love to live in the staff house! Thank you so much for the nomination!!
You’re very welcome!
So pretty! I want to take that walk.
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Is this for real?!!!!
honestly, I thought that these gardens in England are only in the movies… but as the matter of fact, it is still very much in fashion over there – or better to say, really part of the lifestyle!
Fabulous job collecting up these photographs. I’m drooling at all of it, but who isn’t?
Hi!! With your love of the outdoors, it is right up your alley!! I want to do a non-formal/country French garden post too, which I think you will like!
I love the relaxed french country style indoors for sure and am look forward to your non-formal garden post. I’m not sure I’ve really seen what the french do in that regard, but my guess is lots of wild flowers and herbs. You’ve got me on the hook now. 🙂
Oooh, I do love a formal garden! I grew up in England and Wales, and have always loved going to have a look around these grand gardens (not to mention the stately houses they are usually attached to)! One of my favourites is actually in Wales, Erddig, although it is very much in the style of the ‘English’ garden. This garden looks very like it could be in England – except the weather looks too good!
wonderful!
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I love this garden. It looks like a national trust property, I never would have guessed that it was in the USA. I particularly like the unusual bird house.