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Wyndcliffe Court is situated on a high bluff on the western side of the Wye valley. The house was built for the Clay family in the 1920s, designed in the Arts & Crafts style by Eric C Francis

An aerial view, including the walled kitchen garden (1), herbaceous borders (4), sunken garden (5) and bowling green (6)

A more recent aerial view (2021)

Upper terrace with a scallop-headed pool
watercolour by Lilian Mabel Bott (1871-1953)

The upper terrace and pool under snow in 1999

The scallop-shaped pool in Spring 2008

The summerhouse - Spring 2002

The sunken garden in 2022

The summer house - in winter (1999)

Topiary seen from the terrace - Spring 2002

Roses bedeck a window - Spring 2008

The rose garden and topiary - 2022

The gardens were designed and laid out on the south side of the house by H Avray Tipping, with views over the coastal plain
watercolour by Lilian Mabel Bott (1871-1953)

Looking out towards the Bristol Channel and England

Double herbaceous borders linking the house to the kitchen garden (2000)

The house and the sunken garden
watercolour by Lilian Mabel Bott (1871-1953)

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