{"id":25137,"date":"2006-06-03T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-03T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/Abingdon2006\/2006\/06\/03\/abbey-ground-changes\/"},"modified":"2006-06-03T09:06:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-03T09:06:00","slug":"abbey-ground-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=25137","title":{"rendered":"Abbey Ground Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag06\/06060301.jpg\" \/><br \/>Work is progressing with the changes to the Abbey Grounds:<\/p>\n<p>1. Car Park improvements have been done<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag06\/06060302.jpg\" \/><br \/>2. The play area was re-equipped and moved nearer to the River Thames, and nearer to all the other activities on the Abingdon Riviera.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag06\/06060303.jpg\" \/><br \/>3. The ornamental lake has been dredged and landscaped. For much of last year, a pile of mud was to left to dry before being carted away.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag06\/06060304.jpg\" \/><br \/>In Progress<\/p>\n<p>4 The Italian Walk and Rock Garden has been cleared, and are awaiting restoration. Mr Trendell, who first designed the gardens, seemed keen on half ruined features such as columns and arches.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag06\/06060305.jpg\" \/><br \/>5 Trendell&#8217;s Folley &#8211; the one made to look like a ruined chapel &#8211; has been fenced off awaiting some work. Currently it is obscured by bushes, but the view will be opened out and it will become more of a focus.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag06\/06060306.jpg\" \/><br \/>Still to do<\/p>\n<p>6 Archaeological investigations have shown the layout of the Abbey walls. The idea is to highlight their hidden presence with some markings, but keeping the open space.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag06\/06060307.jpg\" \/><br \/>7 The Formal Garden already has the original layout, but the paths may be resurfaced.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag06\/06060308.jpg\" \/><br \/>8 The Abbey Gateway will be resurfaced with traditional materials, and at the same time Old Abbey House will have a ramp added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work is progressing with the changes to the Abbey Grounds: 1. Car Park improvements have been done2. The play area was re-equipped and moved nearer to the River Thames, and nearer to all the other activities on the Abingdon Riviera.3. The ornamental lake has been dredged and landscaped. For much of last year, a pile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}