The Larmer Tree Gardens

Showing the Roman Temple and in the background the Singing Theatre. The PiP's show inside the Roman Temple. The bust is of the founder General Pitt Rivers.

In 1880, General Augustus Lane Fox inherited the Rushmore Estate, a condition of the will being that he change his name to Pitt Rivers. General Pitt Rivers almost immediately set about creating the Larmer Tree Pleasure Grounds, which by 1899 were attracting over 44,000 visitors a year. Surrounding the main lawn he constructed a variety of builds intended to enlighten and educate his estate workers and visitors. For those visitors wishing to picnic there were eight areas known as quarters, each was enclosed by laurel hedges and contained a thatched building for shelter.