Lutyens Houses & Gardens Open to the Public in 2009
A county-by-county guide to properties that you can visit.
BERKSHIRE
Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House,
Windsor Castle,
Windsor
SL4 1NJ
Tel: 01753 831118
Website:
www.royalcollection.org.uk/default.asp?action=article&ID=34
Owner: H.M. The Queen
Nearby in Windsor, Lutyens' George V Memorial can be found at the
junction of Thames Street and Datchet Road.
DERBYSHIRE
Renishaw Hall,
Renishaw,
Sheffield
S21 3WB
Tel: 01246 432310
Fax: 01246 430760
E-mail: info2@renishaw-hall.co.uk
Website: www.sitwell.co.uk
Owner: Alexandra Hayward
DEVON
Castle Drogo,
Drewsteignton,
nr.
Exeter
EX6 6PB
Tel: 01647 433306 Fax: 01647 433186
e-mail: castledrogo@nationaltrust.org.uk
Website:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-castledrogo
Owner: National Trust
Mothecombe House,
Mothecombe,
Holbeton,
nr. Plymouth
PL8 1LB
Garden only: Private visits welcome by appointment. Groups welcome to
the house by appointment.
Tel: 01752 830234 Fax: 01752 830513
Owners: Mr & Mrs
A. Mildmay-White
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Misarden Park,
Miserden,
nr. Stroud
GL6 7JA
Garden only: April to end of September every Tuesday,
Wednesday & Thursday 10am-4pm
Gardens open occasionally for National Garden Scheme. Website:
www.ngs.org.uk
Tel: 01285 821303 Fax: 01285 821530
e-mail:
estate.office@miserdenestate.co.uk
Website: www.misardenpark.co.uk
Owner: Major
M.T.N.H. Wills
HERTFORDSHIRE
Knebworth House,
Knebworth
SG3 6PY
Tel: 01438 812661 Fax: 01438 811908
e-mail: info@knebworthhouse.com
Website: www.knebworthhouse.com
Owner: The Lord Cobbold
EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
Greywalls,
Muirfield,
Gullane
EH31 2EG
Tel: 01620 842144 Fax: 01620 842241
e-mail: enquiries@greywalls.co.uk
Website: www.greywalls.co.uk
Owner: Giles Weaver Esq.
NORTHUMBERLAND
Lindisfarne Castle,
Holy Island
TD15 2SH
Tel: 01289 389244 Fax 01289 389909
Email: lindisfarne@nationaltrust.org.uk
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-lindisfarnecastle
Phone ahead to check times as island is regularly cut off by tide and
hours can be curtailed.
Owner: National Trust
SOMERSET
Hestercombe Garden,
Cheddon Fitzpaine,
Taunton
TA2 8LG
Tel: 01823
413923 Fax: 01823 413747
e-mail: info@hestercombe.com
Website: www.hestercombe.com
Owner: Hestercombe Gardens Trust
SURREY
Goddards,
Abinger Common
RH5 6JL
House and garden: Wednesday afternoons only from the Wednesday
after Easter until last Wednesday of October. Parties pre-booked only
with Dorothy Baker. Tel 01306 730871
Website:
www.lutyenstrust.org.uk
e-mail
general@lutyenstrust.org.uk
Owner: The Lutyens Trust
Munstead Wood,
Godalming
Despite occasionally opening for the National Garden Scheme in the
past, Munstead Wood will not be open for the foreseeable future and the
Trust is unable to arrange visits.
EAST SUSSEX
Great Dixter,
Northiam,
Rye
TN31 6PH
Tel: 01797 252878 Fax: 01797 252879
e-mail: office@greatdixter.co.uk
Website: www.greatdixter.co.uk
Owner: Great Dixter Charitable Trust
IRELAND - Co. Laois
Heywood Gardens,
Ballinakill
Tel: +353 5787 33563 or +353 87 6675291 Fax: +353 5787 33563
e-mail: heywoodgardens@opw.ie
Website:
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/MidlandsEastCoast/HeywoodGardens
Owner: Office of Public Works
IRELAND - Dublin
War Memorial Gardens,
Islandbridge,
Dublin 8
Tel: +353 1 4757816 Fax: +353 1 475 5287
e-mail: info@heritageireland.ie
Website:
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/Dublin/WarMemorialGardens
Owner: Office of Public Works
FRANCE
Le Bois des Moutiers,
76119 Varengeville-sur-Mer
Visits by appointment only
Tel : +33 2 35 85 10 02 Fax : +33 2 35 85 46 98
Website:
http://www.chateaux-france.com/boisdesmoutiers
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme,
80300 Thiepval
Tel : +33 3 22 74 60 47 Fax : +33 3 22 47 65 44
Website:
http://www.thiepval.org.uk/stop_press.htm
Virtual Tour:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/launch_vt_thiepval.shtml
