About
Sezincote was built in 1805 for Charles Cockerell, a Bengal-returned East India Company official, who asked his architect brother S.P. Cockerell to give him a Cotswold country house in the Mughal style of his career abroad. The result — a domed, copper-green-roofed pavilion of warm Cotswold stone with onion finials and ogee window frames — directly inspired the Prince Regent (later George IV) when he commissioned the Brighton Pavilion a few years later.
Equally remarkable is the water garden, laid out by Thomas Daniell with input from Humphry Repton. A Persian-style canal runs from the house's south facade towards a Brahmin bull and a snake-entwined pillar; below, a series of pools fed by springs reflects mature cedars and Japanese maples. The garden is the part most visitors remember.
The Cotswold Guide Top Tips
- Garden opening days are limited (typically Thursday, Friday and bank-holiday Mondays in season) — always check the website before driving over.
- Allow at least 90 minutes for the garden alone — the canal-to-pools sequence rewards an unhurried walk.
- The house itself is rarely open to the public; gardens-only is the usual visit.
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A beautiful Cotswolds town on the railway line — wide Fosse Way high street, a weekly market, and easy, onward buses.
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