Esher Place
Lutyens’s 1905 work at Pelham Place for the Vincent family comprised a grass amphitheatre north of the ballroom and, to the south, a sunk garden (now with No. 7 The Gardens) featuring preserved topiary and a tiled‑edge rill.
Description
Of the Vincent period two contributions by Lutyens, 1905: the grass AMPHITHEATRE, N of the ballroom, and the SUNK GARDEN, to the S (the latter now attached to No. 7 The Gardens, off Pelhams Walk) with well-preserved topiary, and rill decorated with tiles-on-edge. (O’Brien et al., 2022, p.301)
Bibliography
O’Brien, C., Nairn, I. and Cherry, B. (2022) Surrey. Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press., Nairn, I., Pevsner, N. (1971) Surrey (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England). 2nd edn. Yale University Press.


