Charles Bridgeman

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Charles Bridgeman was an influential early 18th-century English landscape designer who helped pioneer the transition from formal Baroque gardens to the more naturalistic English landscape style.

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Charles Bridgeman canonical 14

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instanceOf garden designer ⓘ
landscape designer ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYears circa 1710s–1738 ⓘ
burialPlace St George’s, Hanover Square, London ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1690 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1738 ⓘ
describedAs pioneer of the English landscape garden ⓘ
employer British royal household ⓘ
era early 18th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork garden design ⓘ
landscape architecture ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre landscape design ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Royal Gardener to George II ⓘ
influenced English landscape garden movement ⓘ
Lancelot "Capability" Brown ⓘ
William Kent ⓘ
knownFor transition from formal Baroque gardens to naturalistic English landscape style ⓘ
movement English landscape garden ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableProject Claremont Landscape Garden for the Prince of Wales ⓘ
Kensington Gardens for the British royal family ⓘ
Stowe House gardens for Viscount Cobham ⓘ
notableWork gardens at Claremont ⓘ
gardens at Hyde Park ⓘ
gardens at Kensington Gardens ⓘ
gardens at Rousham ⓘ
linked to: Rousham

gardens at Stowe ⓘ
occupation garden designer ⓘ
landscape gardener ⓘ
partOf history of English garden design ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Royal Gardener ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
style transitional style between Baroque formality and naturalistic landscape ⓘ
usedDesignElement formal avenues ⓘ
geometric parterres ⓘ
ha-ha ⓘ
naturalistic parkland ⓘ
wilderness planting ⓘ
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

various English country estates ⓘ

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Houghton Hall → landscapeDesigner → Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
Stowe landscape gardens → designedBy → Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
Claremont Landscape Garden → designedBy → Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
Stowe House → associatedWithLandscapeDesigner → Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
Stowe Gardens → hasArchitect → Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
Fetcham Park House → hasGroundsLaidOutBy → Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
Heythrop Park → hasLandscapeDesigner → Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
Bridgeman → usedAsSurnameBy → Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
Royal Gardener to George II → officeHolder → Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
Claremont → designedBy → Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
Stowe landscape → designedBy → Charles Bridgeman ⓘ