Gardens · East of England
Comarques
Comarques — a garden in england-east, United Kingdom.
David Smith — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Comarques is a garden of interest in england-east, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
Photo gallery
From the Wikipedia article
Comarques is an 18th-century country house in Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, England. It has been attributed to the architect, Sir Robert Taylor. Named after Captain Comarque, a Huguenot refugee who owned the estate in the early 18th century, the house is in the Queen Anne style. The author Arnold Bennett lived at Comarques between 1913 and 1921. There is a tradition that Clement Attlee lived at the house as a child, but Historic England does not support this claim. Comarques is a Grade II* listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Captain Comarque was a French Huguenot refugee who, along with a number of others, settled in Thorpe-le-Soken in the early 18th century. Historic England confirms that he was resident in the area in 1717 but that he did not build the house. Pevsner notes the attribution to Sir Robert Taylor, an architect who worked mainly in London and the South-East of England. The building carries a brick datestone for 1755, with the name W. Whatey, who was probably the main building contractor for the house. Clement Attlee's most recent biographer, John Bew, records Henry Attlee as buying the estate in 1898, while Roy Jenkins in his biography of Attlee dates the purchase to 1897, and the draft Victoria…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.8599, 1.1571
- Address
- Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex
Sources
- wikidata: Q17532763 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Comarques, Thorpe-le-Soken (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Other places nearby
Loading nearby places…
Nearby
📷 3Public art & sculpture · East of England
Thorpe le Soken Village Sign
Thorpe le Soken Village Sign — a public art in england-east, United Kingdom.
📷 3Stately homes · East of England
Thorpe Hall
Thorpe Hall — manor house in Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, England.
📷 5Museums · East of England
Rose
Rose — a museum in england-east, United Kingdom.
📷 3Canals · East of England
Beaumont Cut
Beaumont Cut — canal closed in the 1930s.
.jpg?width=1200)
📷 3Historic houses · East of England
Beaumont Hall
Beaumont Hall — house in Beaumont-cum-Moze, Essex, England, UK.
📷 3Distilleries · East of England
East Coast Distillery
East Coast Distillery — Whisky/spirit distillery.
More gardens in this region
📷 3Gardens · East of England
Beth Chatto Gardens
Beth Chatto Gardens — gardens in Elmstead, Essex, England, UK.
.jpg?width=1200)
📷 3Gardens · East of England
Bressingham Hall
Bressingham Hall — country house in Norfolk, England, UK.
📷 3Gardens · East of England
Helmingham Hall Gardens
Helmingham Hall Gardens — gardens in Helmingham Hall, United Kingdom.
📷 3Gardens · East of England
Kentwell Hall
Kentwell Hall — Grade I listed manor house in Long Melford, Babergh, Suffolk, England, UK.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Comarques?
- Comarques is in East of England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.8599°, 1.1571°.
- Who owns Comarques?
- Comarques is owned by Privately owned.