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Kingsland Road, London, E2 8EA; Tel: 020 7739 9893
Mid - Late Georgian 1760 - 1800
Rose ‘De Meux’ with box hedging.
Town gardens were increasingly seen as an extension of the house, a place for recreation and entertainment.
The evidence indicates that the prevailing taste was for simplicity and tidiness, with ornamental gardens featuring paved and/or rolled gravel paths, geometric beds with box edging and the use of evergreen shrubs, often clipped and kept distinct from one another.
