Esher Place

Catalogue No. C0150
Dates of Construction: 1905
Location: Esher
Client: Lady Helen Vincent
Purpose of Building:Gardens
Category:
Historic England Listing Number:1377431
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Number:

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.

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