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...and Landscape Curiosities

LONDESBOROUGH, East Riding

Terrace Arches                                                        SE 869 453

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The terrace wall was designed by Robert Hooke in the 1670s for the 1st Lord Burlington's formal garden at Londesborough Hall. 

The arched alcoves may also have been deer shelters. 
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Shrine                                                                     SE 868 453

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Near to Londesborough church is a small garden with a shrine enclosed in a church window.

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