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| Brian Howell related
that “The electrician Edwin Harvey, who rewired the house shortly
before his death in 1975, said that his grand-father helped build a number
of the waterfalls below the big bridge, often with bits of the old house.”
He also wrote that, after his parents moved to Lukesland in the 1930s, “One
early task was to dig out the bathing pool area from what had been an island
of nettles, make the pool and summer house and thatch it with heather (changed
to shingles after the 1939-45 war).” |
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it was developed by the Victorians, this is the oldest section of streamscape,
and the waterfalls are particularly attractive here. The split level of
the stream on either side of the island allows the ingenious design of
water supply to the bathing pool, which fills from one level and empties
into the other. The cascade below the pool is always a delight to see,
as the clear water curves down under the trees. There are also two stone-concrete
arch bridges in this area. The higher was built in the 1930s, but the
lower dates from only 1979 and was built using the same wooden form as
all of the older ones. |
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| The royal ferns
are a feature around the stream, growing prolifically at Lukesland though
rare in most areas. Bamboos are also characteristic in this part of the
garden, and the huge horse chestnut towers above everything, itself a wonderful
sight when it flowers in April. |
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