April 25, 2012 – 9:47 am | Comments Off

Chapterhouse Theatre Company will bring an outdoor production of Sleeping Beauty to Woodstock on Sunday the 1st of July.
Sleeping Beauty waits for her prince in a magical new version of this best-loved fairytale. Young and …

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Woodstock House
February 22, 2010 – 3:46 pm | Comments Off

WOODSTOCK HOUSE

Woodstock house was built in 1745-47 for Sir William Fownes by the architect Francis Bindon. It has a rusticated front façade and is unusual in being built around a small central court. The decorative …

The Winter Gardens
February 22, 2010 – 3:16 pm | Comments Off

The Winter Garden was designed in the 1860′s by Scottish man, Charles McDonald, then head gardener at Woodstock.
The garden is made up of four sunken panels that once contained elaborately planted parterres. These were sited …