Badminton, Garden Sketch RP/1/1/2/22 (13 of 15)

A pencil and coloured pencil design on tracing paper. Undated, it appears to show Badminton House’s East Front garden. If it is an early drawing for this section of the gardens, it was likely to have been executed in 1984.

The Badminton Estate, in the Gloucestershire countryside, has been home to the Dukes of Beaufort since the late 17th century. Here, at the Cottage, Page helped to create a series of elegant yet relaxed garden rooms. His work there spanned two decades, and the final designs were among his last.