Hatchlands Park
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Hatchlands Park is a country house with surrounding gardens in East Clandon, near Guildford, Surrey, UK. It is located along the A246 between Clandon and West Horsley.
Built in 1758 for Admiral Boscawen and set in a beautiful Repton park offering a variety of park & woodland walks, Hatchlands Park contains splendid interiors by Robert Adam, decorated in appropriately nautical style. It houses the Cobbe Collection, the world's largest group of keyboard instruments associated with famous composers e.g. Purcell, J.S. Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Mahler & Elgar. There are concerts held in two series a year featuring the historic clavichords, harpsichords and fortepianos and occasional tours of the whole collection by its owner Alec Cobbe, who lives in Hatchlands Park.
It is operated by the National Trust and is open to the public, but closed in the winter months. There is a café and shop. A fee is charged for admission.
[edit] External links
- Hatchlands Park site at the UK National Trust.
- The Cobbe Collection Includes details of concerts and photos of instruments
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