Skillinge säteri, Manor house in Ängelholm Municipality, Sweden.
Skillinge säteri is a manor house in Ängelholm Municipality with a classical-style main building featuring columns at the entrance that resemble a Greek temple. The estate covers approximately 500 hectares of land with different types of gardens.
The main building and wing were constructed between 1778 and 1780, likely following designs by Carl Henrik König, who served as Stockholm's city architect. The Hansson family acquired the property in 1916 and has owned it since then.
The garden became known in the 18th century for its hornbeam hedges and mirror ponds that visitors could see and appreciate. These features remain part of what makes the grounds special today.
The property remains under private ownership and is managed by descendants of the family who acquired it over a century ago. Visitors should check in advance about possibilities for seeing the grounds.
In the 1780s the garden expanded to include an extensive English park, introducing a different landscaping approach to the classical Swedish manor grounds. This blend of two gardening traditions at one location is quite unusual.
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