Marion Mako uncovers the true story of the labyrinthine tunnels that underpin the Gardens at Stancombe Park, near Dursley, Gloucestershire, home of the Llewellyn family. This magnificent Regency garden, the inspiration for Evelyn Waugh’s description of the garden at Brideshead. Photographs by Britt Willoughby Dyer.
Gardens and especially their hidden buildings have always provided ample possibilities for both real and imagined clandestine liaisons. One such liaison…