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==Gardens and parks== {{see also|Category:Gardens by Capability Brown}} Many of Capability Brown's parks and gardens may still be visited today. A partial list of the landscapes he designed or worked on includes: {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * [[Adderbury|Adderbury House]], Oxfordshire (designs not thought to be implemented)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cherwell.gov.uk/media/pdf/6/1/Adderbury_Conservation_Area_Appraisal_%28September_1997%29.pdf |title=Adderbury Conservation Area Appraisal |publisher=Cherwell District Council |date=September 1997 |access-date=13 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510102209/http://www.cherwell.gov.uk/media/pdf/6/1/Adderbury_Conservation_Area_Appraisal_%28September_1997%29.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Addington Palace|Addington Place]], Croydon * [[Alnwick Castle]], Northumberland * [[Althorp]], Northamptonshire * [[Ampthill Park]], [[Ampthill]], Bedfordshire * Ancaster House, Richmond, Surrey * [[Appuldurcombe House]], Isle of Wight * [[Ashburnham Place]], East Sussex * [[Ashridge Business School|Ashridge House]], Hertfordshire * [[Aske Hall]], North Yorkshire * [[King's Sutton#Astrop House|Astrop Park]], Northamptonshire * [[Audley End]], Essex * [[Aynhoe Park]], Northamptonshire * [[The Backs]], Cambridge * [[Badminton House]], Gloucestershire * [[Ballyfin House]], Ireland * [[Basildon Park]], Berkshire * [[Battle Abbey]], East Sussex * [[Beaudesert (House)|Beaudesert]], Staffordshire * Beechwood, Bedfordshire * [[Belhus, Essex|Belhus]], Essex * [[Belvoir Castle]], Leicestershire * [[Benham Park|Benham]], Berkshire * [[The Mitre, Newcastle upon Tyne|Benwell Tower]], near Newcastle upon Tyne * [[Berrington Hall]], Herefordshire * [[Blenheim Palace]], Oxfordshire * [[Boarstall]], Buckinghamshire (unknown if work carried out){{cn|date=November 2024}} * [[Bowood House]], Wiltshire * [[Cowlinge|Branches Park]], Cowlinge, Suffolk * [[Brentford]], Ealing * [[Brightling Park]], East Sussex * [[Broadlands]], Hampshire * [[Brocklesby Hall]], Lincolnshire<ref>{{NHLE|num=1000971|desc=Brocklesby Park|grade=I|access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref> * [[Burghley House]], Lincolnshire * [[Burton Constable Hall]], East Riding of Yorkshire * [[Burton Park]], West Sussex * [[Burton Pynsent House]], Somerset * Byram, West Yorkshire * Cadland, Hampshire * [[Capheaton Hall]], Northumberland * [[Chillingham Castle]], Northumberland * [[Cardiff Castle]], Cardiff * [[Castle Ashby House]], Northamptonshire<ref name="Turner">{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=Roger |year=1999 |title=Capability Brown and the Eighteenth Century English Landscape |edition=2nd |location=Chichester |publisher=Phillimore |pages=112β114}}</ref> * [[Caversham, Berkshire|Caversham]], Berkshire * Chalfont House, Buckinghamshire * [[Charlecote]], Warwickshire * [[Charlton Park, Wiltshire|Charlton]], Wiltshire * [[Chatsworth House#4th Duke's garden (1755β64)|Chatsworth]], Derbyshire * [[Chilham Castle]], Kent * [[Chillington Hall]], West Midlands * Church Stretton Old Rectory, Shropshire * [[Clandon Park]], Surrey * [[Claremont (country house)|Claremont]], Surrey * [[Clumber Park]], Nottinghamshire * [[Compton Verney]], Warwickshire * [[Coombe Abbey]], Coventry * [[Corsham Court]], Wiltshire * [[Croome Park]], Worcestershire * [[Dodington Park]], Gloucestershire * [[Danson Park]], Bexley Borough of London * [[Darley Abbey]] Park, [[Derby]] * [[Ditchingham Hall]], [[Ditchingham]], Norfolk * [[Euston Hall]], Suffolk * [[Farnborough Hall]], Warwickshire * [[Fawley Court]], Oxfordshire * [[Gatton Park]], Surrey * [[Grimsthorpe Castle]], Lincolnshire * [[Hampton Court Palace]], Surrey<ref name="Twickenham"/> * [[Harewood House]], Leeds * [[Heveningham Hall]], Suffolk * [[Highclere Castle]], Hampshire * [[Highcliffe Castle]], Dorset * [[Himley Hall]], Staffordshire * [[Holkham Hall]], Norfolk * [[Holland Park]], London * The Hoo, Hertfordshire * [[Hornby Castle, North Yorkshire|Hornby Castle]], North Yorkshire * Howsham, near York * [[Ickworth House|Ickworth]], Suffolk * [[Ingestre]], Staffordshire * [[Ingress Abbey]], Kent * [[Kelston]], Somerset * [[Kew Gardens]], South West London<ref name="kew"/> * [[Kiddington Hall]], Oxfordshire * [[Kimberley, Norfolk|Kimberley]], Norfolk * [[Kimbolton Castle]], Cambridgeshire * [[King's Weston House]], Bristol * [[Kirkharle Hall]], Northumberland<ref name="CB2016">{{cite web |title=The Capability Brown Festival, 2016 - About Capability Brown |url=http://www.capabilitybrown.org/about-capability-brown |website=capabilitybrown.org (archived) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215024011/http://www.capabilitybrown.org/about-capability-brown |access-date=27 September 2024|archive-date=15 February 2018 }}</ref> * [[Kirtlington]], Oxfordshire * [[Knowsley Hall]], near Liverpool * [[Kyre]] Park, Herefordshire * [[Lacock Abbey]], Wiltshire * [[Laleham#Laleham Abbey|Laleham Abbey]], Surrey * [[Langley, Berkshire|Langley]], Berkshire * [[Langley Park, Buckinghamshire|Langley Park]], Buckinghamshire * [[Langley Park, Norfolk|Langley Park]], Norfolk * [[Latimer, Buckinghamshire|Latimer Park, Amersham]], Buckinghamshire<ref>{{cite web |title=Latimer Park |url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/latimer-park |website=Parks & Gardens (.org) |access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref> * [[Leeds Abbey]], Kent * Littlegrove, Barnet, London * [[Lleweni Hall]], Clwyd * [[Longford Castle]], Wiltshire * [[Longleat]], Wiltshire * [[Lowther Castle|Lowther]], Cumbria * [[Luton Hoo]], Bedfordshire * [[Madingley Hall]], Cambridgeshire * Maiden Earley, Berkshire * [[Mamhead House]], Devon * [[Melton Constable Hall]], Norfolk * [[Milton Abbey]], Dorset * [[Moccas Court]], Herefordshire * [[Moor Park (house)|Moor Park]], Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire * [[Mount Clare (Roehampton)|Mount Clare]], Roehampton, South West London * [[Navestock|Navestock Hall]], Essex<ref>{{cite web |title=Navestock |url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/navestock |website=Parks & Gardens (.org) |access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref> * Newnham Paddox, Warwickshire * [[Newton Park]], Newton St Loe, Somerset * [[New Wardour Castle]], Wiltshire * North Cray Place, near Sidcup, Bexley, London * [[North Stoneham Park]], Eastleigh, Hampshire * [[Nuneham House]], Nuneham Courtney, Oxfordshire * Oakley, Shropshire * [[Great Packington|Packington Park]], Warwickshire * [[Ravenscourt Park|Paddenswick Manor]], West London * [[Patshull Hall]], Staffordshire * [[Paultons Park]], Hampshire * [[Peper Harow#Peper Harow House|Peper Harow House]], Surrey * Peterborough House, Hammersmith, London * [[Petworth House]], West Sussex * [[Pishobury|Pishiobury]], Hertfordshire * Porter's Park, Hertfordshire * [[Prior Park Landscape Garden|Prior Park]], Somerset * [[Ragley Hall]], Warwickshire * Redgrave Park, Suffolk * [[Roche Abbey]], South Yorkshire * [[Sandleford]], Berkshire * [[Savernake Forest]], Wiltshire * [[Schloss Richmond]] (Richmond Palace) in [[Braunschweig]], Germany * [[Scampston Hall]], North Yorkshire * [[Sheffield Park and Garden|Sheffield Park]], East Sussex * [[Sherborne Castle]], Dorset * [[Sledmere House]], East Riding of Yorkshire * [[Southill Park]], Bedfordshire * [[South Stoneham House]], Southampton, Hampshire * [[Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire|Stoke Park]], Buckinghamshire * [[Stowe Landscape Garden]] * [[Syon House]], West London * [[Temple Newsam]], Leeds * [[Thorndon Hall]], Essex * [[Trentham Gardens]], Staffordshire * [[Ugbrooke|Ugbrooke Park]], Devon * [[Wallington, Northumberland|Wallington]], Northumberland<ref>Pevsner, N., et al. 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland</ref> * [[Warwick Castle]], Warwick * [[Wentworth Castle]], South Yorkshire * [[West Hill, Wandsworth|West Hill]], Putney, South London * [[Weston Park]], Staffordshire * [[Whitehall]], London * [[Whitley Beaumont]], West Yorkshire * Widdicombe Park, near Slapton, Devon * Wimbledon House, South West London * [[Wimbledon Park]], South West London * [[Wimpole Hall]], Cambridgeshire * [[Woburn Abbey]], Bedfordshire * [[Wolterton Hall]], Norfolk * [[Woodchester Mansion|Woodchester]], Gloucestershire * [[Woodside, Old Windsor|Woodside]], Berkshire * Wootton Place Rectory, Oxfordshire * [[Wotton House|Wotton]], Buckinghamshire * [[Wrest Park]], Bedfordshire * [[Wrotham Park]], Hertfordshire * [[Wycombe Abbey]], Buckinghamshire * [[Wynnstay]], Clwyd, Wales * [[Youngsbury]], Hertfordshire {{div col end}} More than 30 of the gardens are open to the public.<ref name="Ross">{{cite web |url=http://www.britainexpress.com/History/bio/brown.htm |title=Capability Brown biography |first1=David |last1=Ross |work=Britain Express |access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>
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