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    Lancelot Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783), more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English gardener and landscape...
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    to recreate an idyllic pastoral landscape. The work of Lancelot "Capability" Brown was particularly influential. By the end of the 18th century the English...
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    more than 120 acres (0.49 km2) of parkland landscaped by Lancelot "Capability" Brown in 1769. The house and its 5,079-acre (20.55 km2) estate was sold...
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    Wrest Park (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    modified for his granddaughter Jemima, 2nd Marchioness Grey by Lancelot "Capability" Brown in a more informal landscape style. The park is divided by a wide...
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    and replaced by a landscape park with a lake; it is possible that Capability Brown was connected with the layout. Notable residents include members of...
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    Claremont (country house) (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    demolish the house and commissioned Capability Brown to build the present Palladian mansion on higher and dryer ground. Brown, more accomplished as a landscape...
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    Badminton House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
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    A696 and B6342 roads. It is famous as the birthplace of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in the early eighteenth century, Britain's most celebrated landscape...
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    Blenheim Palace (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    remained relatively unchanged until the arrival of Capability Brown in 1764. The 4th Duke employed Brown who immediately began an English landscape garden...
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    Petworth House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    J. M. W. Turner. It also has an expansive deer park, landscaped by Capability Brown, which contains a large herd of fallow deer. The manor of Petworth...
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    Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    of two geniuses of 18th-century landscape architecture, Lancelot "Capability" Brown and Humphry Repton, who designed in 1792 the landscape that can be...
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    Kimbolton Castle (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    Kimbolton Castle is a country house in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England. It was the final home of King Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon....
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    Broadlands (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    architectural "transformation" of the house and garden was begun by Capability Brown, the celebrated architect and landscape designer, and completed by...
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    Chatsworth House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    the 1st Duke's formal gardens with a more natural look, designed by Capability Brown, which he helped bring into fashion. In 1748, the 4th Duke married...
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  • completed design for parkland and lakes by celebrated landscape architect Capability Brown (1716–1783). The land and buildings for Wilderness Reserve have been...
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    Highclere Castle (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    in 1679 and largely renovated in the 1840s, with a park designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century. The 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) estate is in Highclere...
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    entered a golden age, under the direction of William Kent and Lancelot "Capability" Brown. They refined the English landscape garden style with the design of...
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    Lancelot "Capability" Brown, the famous landscape gardener, bought the Lordship of the Manor of Fenstanton and Hilton from the Earl of Northampton. Brown and...
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    Warwick Castle (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    him the Gothic interior of the chapel. Lancelot "Capability" Brown had been on hand since 1749. Brown, who was still head gardener at Stowe at the time...
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    Burghley House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    grand and richly furnished state apartments. Its park was laid out by Capability Brown. The house is on the boundary of the civil parishes of Barnack and...
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    laid down in 1750 by the 1st Duke of Northumberland, who employed Capability Brown, the celebrated Northumberland gardener, to landscape the parkland...
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    Alnwick Castle (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    park straddling the River Aln which was landscaped by Lancelot Brown ("Capability Brown") and Thomas Call in the 18th century; it is known locally as the...
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    Ickworth House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    Ickworth House is a country house at Ickworth, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. It is a neoclassical building set in parkland. The house was the...
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    Euston Hall (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    Euston Hall is a country house, with park by William Kent and Capability Brown, located in Euston, a small village in Suffolk located just south of Thetford...
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    Wrotham Park (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    Wrotham Park (pronounced /ˈruːtəm/, ROO-təm) is a neo-Palladian English country house in the parish of South Mimms, Hertfordshire. It lies south of the...
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    Wycombe Abbey (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    Wycombe Abbey is an independent girls' boarding and day school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is consistently ranked as one of the top all-girls...
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    Harewood House (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    plantation and slave owner. The landscape was designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown and spans 1,000 acres (400 ha) at Harewood. Still home to the Lascelles...
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    Lowther Castle (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    Lowther Castle is a crenellated country house in the historic county of Westmorland, which now under the current unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness...
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    Coombe Abbey (category Gardens by Capability Brown)
    he commissioned the famous landscaper Capability Brown to modernise the landscaping around the property. Brown was an expert at making serpentine lakes...
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