The 19th. Century

Overview

Alan visits Biddulph Grange in Staffordshire, a 19th-century country park that contains elements of Chinese, Italian, Egyptian and Scottish design. He explains why the Victorian age gave rise to a taste for exotic plants and bold horticultural statements, and reveals how the natural landscape gardens of the 18th century gave way to a new manufactured style that came to symbolise the era's reverence for knowledge and power.