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Round & About Eastleach, The Elelphant House

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The Elephant Barn Eastleach

The Elephant House – Macaroni Farm

Maharajah Duleep Singh was the last ruler of the Sikh empire, who was exiled to the UK in 1854 after his country was annexed by the British Raj in 1849.

The Maharajah owned the Hatherop Estate, of which Macaroni Farm is a part, for five years during the 1850s and it has become local legend that an over-sized barn complete with a large arched entrance and sloping floor was built to house elephants that were going to be imported to carry out farm work.

Maharajah Duleep Singh Elephants on the beach at Whitby

steve clarke
Author: steve clarke

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Eastleach House is a master-class in plantsmanship and inspirational colour theming as well as design. Stephanie and her late husband, David, started with a blank canvas in the early 1980s. They were fortunate that the house stood high on the plateau that marks the end of the Cotswold scarp and the beginning of the Thames Valley. It was also aligned to the four compass points: this precise orientation has influenced the planting throughout the garden. On a clear day, you can see the Marlborough Downs some 30 miles away.
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Round & About Eastleach – The Gardens of Eastleach House

Eastleach House is a master-class in plantsmanship and inspirational colour theming as well as design.
Stephanie and her late husband, David, started with a blank canvas in the early 1980s. They were fortunate that the house stood high on the plateau that marks the end of the Cotswold scarp and the beginning of the Thames Valley. It was also aligned to the four compass points: this precise orientation has influenced the planting throughout the garden. On a clear day, you can see the Marlborough Downs some 30 miles away.