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Fulbourn Fen Nature Reserve, looking towards Mill Gardens and the site of the watermill

Morning view with the sun catching the tops of the trees

Dated 1833, but the windows have been altered. For the history of nonconformity in Great Wilbraham, see www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18891 .

From W. List description: britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-51501-lufters-52-great-wi... . For sale in 2011; according to the agent's brochure, "The house has been in the same ownership for the last 55 years, the previous owner was a don at King's College, Cambridge, ... and many famous dons have visited here including the novelist E M Forster who enjoyed afternoon tea in the Lufters garden on several occasions."

Detail of the S. side of the more northerly of the two Jacobean porches on the W. front. For history, see set page .

Looking SE across the park towards the Temple of Concord

Looking from the NW corner of the formal gardens into the park, where the trees are catching the last of the afternoon sun

View from near the bridge SW of the house. For history, see set page .

The bridge across the River Cam SW of the house, by Robert Adam, 1763-4; balustrade replaced c.1781 by Placido Columbani (according to Buildings of England ). List description: britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-370382-bridge-over-the-ri... .

The stables from the S. List description: britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-406401-audley-end-stables... . Now dated to the early C17, according to the Buildings of England: Essex (2007 edn.), p.105, which compares the windows with St Mark's College (see www.flickr.com/photos/40878011@N07/12010405114 ). The style is less fashionable than that of the house, possibly to create a little "fake history" (cf. Heritage Today , May 2010, 17-18). The building seems to have originated as ancillary domestic accommodation (perhaps for the lower ranks among those accompanying the monarch on progress), but was converted to a stable a few years after its construction, possibly because the now-demolished forecourt of the main house took over its original function. [Paul Drury and Pete Smith, 'The Audley End Stable Block in the 17th Century', English Heritage Historical Review , 5 (2010), pp.44, 64, 73, 79] The lantern may date from the 1860s. [ ibid. , 76]

The tea house and bridge in the Elysian garden, designed by Robert Adam, 1783. List description: britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-370384-tea-house-and-brid... .

The Elysian garden, with the tea house and bridge designed by Robert Adam, 1783

Elysian garden, looking S. from near the tea house bridge

The Elysian garden seen from the tea house bridge.

The tea house and bridge in the Elysian garden, by Robert Adam, 1783. List description: britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-370384-tea-house-and-brid... .

The Elysian Garden, looking towards the tea house and bridge by Robert Adam, 1783.

View from the Temple of Concord.