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www.britainexpress.com/counties/oxfordshire/houses/Blenheim.htm
The original gardens at Blenheim, as designed by Vanbrugh, were typically grandiose. Vanbrugh dammed a small river to create three streams separated by islands, and across the whole built 'the finest bridge in Europe'.
Palladian Bridge
The gardens were relatively unchanged until the 4th Duke brought in Capability Brown to transform the formality of the gardens into the then-popular landscape garden style.
This Brown did, damming the River Glyme to create a huge lake, with cascades at each end, planting trees and creating undulating hills and viewpoints. Brown allowed the river to submerge the lower sections of Vanbrugh's bridge, softening the massive contours.
The Grand Cascade
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