Little Thakeham, Pulborough, England
Record Id: 2103
The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.
HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT
Little Thakeham was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1902 for Ernest Blackburn who, in 1919, sold the house, gardens and grounds to the Aggs family. They sold the house and garden in 1979 to Mr and Mrs Radcliff, who opened the Little Thakeham Country House Hotel, the Aggs family retaining the surrounding grounds and the coach house. The site remains (1997) in divided commercial and private ownership.
People associated with this site
Designer: Gertrude Jekyll (born 29/11/1843 died 08/12/1932)
Architect: Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (born 29/03/1869 died 01/01/1944)
Features
lawn
Informal lawns
shrubbery
orchard
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