2019-06-01 Homes and Gardens

LAMBHOUSE

This 1722 earlyGeorgiangemin

Rye,EastSussex,is nowoperated

asa writers’housemuseumbythe

NationalTrust.Originallybuilt

bya wealthywinemerchant,two

notableauthorslaterlivedatLamb

House:HenryJames,whowrote

ThePortraitofa Lady, andEF

Benson,whoownedtheproperty

whenwewroteaboutit in1936,

withRyethethindisguisefor

TillinginhiscomicMappand

Lucianovels(Aureservoir!).After

anextensiverenovation,the

buildinghasrecentlyreopenedto

thepublicandoffersthechance

toexplorea historichomethat

inspiredliteratureandentertained

kings, nationaltrust.org.uk.

DON’TMISS:ThegardensatChartwell.ShowcasedinHomes&

Gardensin1950,Chartwellisbestknowntodayasthehomeof

WinstonChurchill.Thegroundsfeatureakitchengarden,

rose walk and picturesque lakes, nationaltrust.org.uk.

MARBLEHILLHOUSE

OriginallybuiltbyGeorgeII

fortheCountessofSuffolk,this

18th-centuryPalladianvillain

Twickenhamsitsonthebanksof

theThames.Thehousewas

designedinpartbyarchitectRoger

Morris(whobuiltthefamed

ColumnofVictorystatueat

BlenheimPalace)anditscompact,

wedding-cakestylebecamewidely

influentialbothinBritainand

America.WefeaturedMarbleHill

backin1929,whenthehomewas

stillprivatelyowned.Today,its

66 acresofriversideparklandare

opentothepublicandthehome

canbevisitedonguidedweekend

tours, english-heritage.org.uk.

&

THEN NOW

Patrick Hamilton Courtney unearths open houses

and gardens featured in past issues of the magazine

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ArchitectErnöGoldfinger(notto

beconfusedwiththeJamesBond

villain)finishedhisHampstead

homeatWillowRoadin1939.

Atthetime,it wasthelastword

inmodernistdomesticdesignand

washighlightedrathercharmingly

as‘TheHouseontheHeath’in

theMarch 1942 issueofHomes&

Gardens. Thebuildingremains

animportantmarvelof20th-

centuryarchitecture,widely

admiredbymid-centurystyle

buffs.Nowinthecareofthe

NationalTrust,thepropertyis

opentothepublicfromWednesday

toSunday,withoccasionaltours

andspecialeventsthroughout

the year, nationaltrust.org.uk.

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