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Few of the grand formal gardens laid out in the early 18th century survived the landscape fashion that came after; this one did. Three grass avenues fan out from the house in a patte d’oie, hedged in beech and closed by temples, statues and ponds. It was the childhood home of the Queen Mother, and the Bowes-Lyon family live here still. Grade I registered and open on a handful of days a year; Stevenage station is about 5km north-east.
