The Cottage, Badminton, Arbour RP/1/1/2/15

A pencil design on tracing paper dated February 1969, marked ‘The Cottage Badminton, First sketch for arbour at the crossing of kitchen garden paths, scale 1" = 1 foot, total height 12ft, width about 9ft 4".’ The wooden arbour was designed for the centre of the kitchen garden (see RP/1/1/2/12). The drawing shows an elevation of one side of the octagonal structure, and a plan of the roof.

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.