Comments on: The Porch, Bourne Hill Gardens, Salisbury, Wiltshire. https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-porch-bourne-hill-gardens-salisbury-wiltshire/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:24:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-porch-bourne-hill-gardens-salisbury-wiltshire/#comment-24977 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:24:18 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15787#comment-24977 In reply to J.

Good morning. I like that you call it a retreat, and I am pleased that you enjoyed some quiet moments there. Thank you for taking the time to let me know that you enjoyed the article.

]]> By: J https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-porch-bourne-hill-gardens-salisbury-wiltshire/#comment-24976 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:31:14 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15787#comment-24976 I enjoyed sitting in this retreat many times in the 1940s, despite London Road, it was a pleasant resting place Thank you for this fascinating article.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-porch-bourne-hill-gardens-salisbury-wiltshire/#comment-24904 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:01:02 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15787#comment-24904 In reply to Rosemary Hill.

Good morning Rosemary. Understandably, visitors to Salisbury are drawn to the glorious Cathedral and the delights of its Close, but a detour to Bourne Hill Gardens is worth the short walk.

]]> By: Rosemary Hill https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-porch-bourne-hill-gardens-salisbury-wiltshire/#comment-24902 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:21:45 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15787#comment-24902 Well it certainly should be better known -not least by me because if I had known about it I’d have put it in my antiquaries’ book Time’s Witness -but thank you, it’s thrilling to know about it now and I will definitely visit.
Merry Xmas

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-porch-bourne-hill-gardens-salisbury-wiltshire/#comment-24895 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:28:04 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15787#comment-24895 In reply to Alison.

Good evening Alison. Ah yes, I saw the lovely Steam Laundry sign as we were hunting for a parking space. Another Salisbury treasure. Enjoy finding the porch.

]]> By: Alison https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-porch-bourne-hill-gardens-salisbury-wiltshire/#comment-24894 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:17:52 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15787#comment-24894 Dear Flaneuse – thank you so much for publishing this! Have often driven down the hill past the council offices on my way to the ‘steam laundry’ Salt Lane carpark. Next time I will certainly go and look for the porch!!

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-porch-bourne-hill-gardens-salisbury-wiltshire/#comment-24874 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 17:57:38 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15787#comment-24874 In reply to TOM GARDNER.

Good evening Tom. I have found the online article and I can see that minimalism is not your ‘thing’! Great apartment and I particularly like the wonderful obelisk.

]]> By: TOM GARDNER https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-porch-bourne-hill-gardens-salisbury-wiltshire/#comment-24872 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 17:41:48 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15787#comment-24872 TOM (NYC)
YOUR CURRENT ARTICLE IS THE ‘INSPIRATION’ FOR MY OWN … ‘OFFERING’.
AS A – SEMI-RETIRED, 80 YEAR OLD ANTIQUES DEALER, I TOO, HAD A ‘GOTHIC’
BRONZE ‘SPIRE’ ( ‘HAD’ – BEING THE KEY – TO THAT WHICH FOLLOWS).
FOR NO OTHER REASON *** HONEST *** SHOULD ONE CHOSE TO VIEW THE FROMER COLLECTION; I – ALONG WITH MY 50 YEAR ‘PARTNER, HAD THE GOOD LUCK TO HAVE THE NYC APT. (IN ITS ‘GLORY DAYS’) APPEAR IN A PUBLICATION.
ENOUGH! SIMPLY GOOGLE: SHELDON BARR AND TOM GARDNER
ONCE HAVING VIEWED THE SPOT, ONE CAN UNDERSTAND – MY AFFECTION FOR YOUR MOST WONDERFUL … ‘CALLING’.
HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON.
TOM

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-porch-bourne-hill-gardens-salisbury-wiltshire/#comment-24867 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 09:08:37 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15787#comment-24867 In reply to John Davies.

Hello John. Definitely a little artistic licence, I think, but a delight to be able to find so many views of the building. Shame the pinnacles are missing, but I guess they would just be a target for vandals. Shame.

]]> By: John Davies https://thefollyflaneuse.com/the-porch-bourne-hill-gardens-salisbury-wiltshire/#comment-24866 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 08:59:37 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=15787#comment-24866 It’s a nice adornment to the garden; but it’s fascinating how all the drawings and paintings made it look larger and more imposing than the more stumpy reality, which is actually more appealing I think.

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