{"id":4416,"date":"2023-02-08T12:33:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/landscapearchitecture\/?p=4416"},"modified":"2023-02-08T12:33:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:33:29","slug":"prospect-refuge-theory-on-wistley-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/2023\/02\/08\/prospect-refuge-theory-on-wistley-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospect-refuge theory on Wistley Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday the Appraising Landscapes class ventured into the wide open country of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, undertaking a five-mile walk which took us up the back-slope from Seven Springs (source of the Thames) onto Wistley Hill which gave us a magnificent panorama of the Gloucestershire scarp and vale landscape, then down into Cheltenham suburbs where we picked up the course of the River Chelt and followed that back into town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather was perfect for hill-walking in early February, being a cool but sunny day. The high pressure system ensured hardly any wind so the exposed scarp edge wasn&#8217;t troubled by wind-chill despite the extensive areas of frost on the coarse grassland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once at the top the view enabled us to have a discussion of the prospect-refuge theory of Jay Appleton and of its relevance to landscape architects undertaking landscape character or visual impact assessments in such a location. Being actually on site meant that all aspects of the <em>genius loci<\/em> could be appraised &#8211; the visual aesthetic, the ecological, the psychological &#8211; and of course taking due recognition of seasonal effects &#8211; the subdued winter landscape, any birdsong and the low sun and long shadows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fulfilling day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2023\/02\/P1100154-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2023\/02\/P1100154-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2023\/02\/P1100154-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2023\/02\/P1100154-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2023\/02\/P1100154-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2023\/02\/P1100154.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Initial ascent along the Cotswold Way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2023\/02\/P1100157-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/445\/2023\/02\/P1100157-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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