William Shenstone
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William Shenstone was an English poet and one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes.
The view from the ruined Halesowen Priory towards The Leasowes (on the crest of the hill on the right).
The Leasowes
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The Leasowes is a 57-hectare estate in Halesowen, historically in the county of Shropshire, later Worcestershire, England, comprising house and gardens. The parkland is now listed Grade I on English Heritage's Register of Parks and Gardens and the home of the Halesowen Golf Club. The name means "rough pasture land".
The Leasowes c. 1776. This engraving is of the small mansion completed in 1776 by Edward Horne who demolished Shenstone's house and built his mansion on the same site.
Park and House in the early 19th century when the estate was owned by Charles Hamilton.
Park and House (centre right obscured by trees), April 2008.