Hampton Court (Herefordshire)

Hampton Court in Herefordshire is a late medieval castle- like mansion on the banks of the River Lugg.

The possession was formed by the merger of the estates of Richard Hampton and Hampton Mappenor. It was commissioned by Henry IV to Sir Rowland Lenthall to the wedding with Margaret Fitzalan, daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, and cousin of the king. Twelve years after he was knighted for his services at the Battle of Agincourt, let Lenthall in 1427 built the original four square mansion. In 1434 he received the grant of Henry IV, to provide the house with battlements. Later, it came to the family of Coningsby and was then sold to the son of the inventor and textile entrepreneur Richard Arkwright, which also Richard said. His son, John prompted 1830-1840 the reconstruction by Charles Hanbury Tracy, later Lord Sudeley. The Arkwright lived at Hampton Court until 1912., The wife of the 17th Viscount Hereford in 1924 acquired the property and the family remained until 1973, residing here. Finally, the family van Kampen bought the house and was placed into the Foundation Sola Scriptura.

Hampton Court is surrounded by 400 acres of gardens and parkland. A Victorian garden wall surrounds newly created flower gardens, which are intersected by canals and winding paths. The kitchen garden is a formal garden with fruits and vegetables. There is a maze of a thousand yews with a gothic tower in the center, from whose top you have a panoramic view over the gardens. In addition to numerous flower beds are in the deeper part of the garden and a waterfall made ​​a fifty -year-old arcade with wisteria. Next to the castle is a building designed by Joseph Paxton greenhouse, which is now used as a restaurant.

The renovation of the building and grounds of the gardens was carried out taking into account environmental considerations. The Hampton Court Trust was established as an educational institution for research and education in the areas of usability of renewable and sustainable energy and technology to life.