Main image: Gertrude Jekyll's house and garden at Munstead Wood | © National Trust Images: Megan Taylor
National Trust buys Lutyens & Jekyll masterpiece in Surrey
Designed by Edward Lutyens for influential garden designer Gertrude Jekyll, Munstead Wood 'is an 11-acre horticultural gem', says the new owner - which plans to open the Arts & Crafts house and grounds to the public.
Munstead Wood: Lutyens & Jekyll masterpiece available for the first time in over 50 years
Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Grade I listed former home of the great horticulturist and garden designer Gertrude Jekyll is one of the finest examples of early modern English country houses.
‘Like stepping into a museum’: Important Arts & Crafts mansion offered for £8m
Norney Grange was designed by celebrated Arts & Crafts architect Charles Voysey, and has been featured in film and TV productions including Netflix's BAFTA-nominated The Dig and 2004 romcom Wimbledon.
Buyer picks up £16m Lutyens masterpiece on ‘finest site in the South of England’
Great architect’s first major commission – an 11,000 square foot mansion set in an original Jekyll garden – has a ‘very special place in architectural history’
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