Biddulph Grange is a National Trust house and landscaped gardens, near Stoke-on-Trent, England. The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, NT or The Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...

It was developed by James Bateman (1812–1897), the accomplished horticulturist and landowner. He moved to Biddulph Grange around 1840, from nearby Knypersley Hall. He created the gardens with the aid of his friend and painter of seascapes John Cooke. The gardens were meant to display specimens from Bateman's extensive and wide-ranging collection of plants. James Bateman (1812–1897) was an accomplished horticulturist and landowner. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Bateman was a collector and scholar on orchids, President of the North Staffordshire Field Society, and served on the Royal Horticultural Society's Plant Exploration Committee. He had a number of notable sons who grew up at Biddulph Grange, including the painter Robert Bateman. Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 as the London Horticultural Society, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861 by Prince Albert. ... Robert Bateman (1842–1922) was an English painter, illustrator, sculptor, architect and scholar. ...

His gardens are a rare survival of the interim period between the Capability Brown landscape garden and the High Victorian style. The gardens are compartmentalised and divided into themes. Lancelot Brown (1716 – 6 February 1783), more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English landscape gardener. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...

In 1861 Bateman and his sons gave up the house and gardens, and Bateman moved to Kensington in London. Biddulph was purchased in 1871 by Robert Heath. After the house burnt down in 1896 it was rebuilt by architect Thomas Bower. 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Kensington is an area to the west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London and the Regions of England London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan population of between 12 and 14 million. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Robert Heath served King Charles I of England as Attorney General. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The post-1896 house served as a children's hospital from 1923 until the 1960s; known first as the "North Staffordshire Cripple's Hospital" and later as the "Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital". The 15 acre (61,000 m²) garden became badly run-down and neglected during this period. 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (BE: orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with acute, chronic, traumatic and recurrent injuries and other disorders of the locomotor system, its musclular and bone parts. ... An acre is an English unit of area. ...

The house and gardens have now been fully restored by the National Trust, from 1988. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Biddulph Grange in fiction

The novel by Priscilla Masters, Mr Bateman's Garden (1987), is a fantasy set in the gardens. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Further reading

• P. Hayden. Biddulph Grange, Staffordshire: a Victorian garden rediscovered. National Trust, 1989.

External links

• Biddulph Grange information at the National Trust