Title

The Queen Mother's Garden, Walmer Castle and Gardens, Kent

Caption

The Queen Mother's Garden, Walmer Castle and Gardens, Kent, c2000s(?). Walmer Castle was one of the coastal Device Forts built by Henry VIII. It became the official residence of the Warden of the Cinque Ports, a position held by the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother from 1978 until her death in 2002. Designed by Penelope Hobhouse, the garden was a 95th birthday gift given to the Queen Mother by English Heritage in 1997.

Date

2000

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B06_220

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (4,8Mb) / 15,5in x 12,5in / 4644 x 3762 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings England fort garden coastal pond country path British geography English castle color colour defence fortification lawn formal location century Kent Britain outside Tudor 21st century Nineties 16th century 20th century sixteenth century English Heritage 1990s 2000s decade Device Forts garden design geographical feature TGN Walmer Walmer Castle the Queen Mother photograph Unknown Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth Queen Consort of King George VI Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon The Queen Mother Queen Mother Bowes-Lyon Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Duchess of York Elizabeth Angela Margu Queen Mother's Garden Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Penelope Hobhouse photograph