Showing posts with label Lutyens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lutyens. Show all posts

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Homewood, Knebworth - A house designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens

Homewood, Knebworth
It is always nice to get messages when the answer to one question provides an answer to someone else's question and they contact me to give details. Four years ago Chris sent me a post card of a house in Knebworth and asked if I could identify it. 

Now Stephen, whose family has lived in the house since 1973, has written to say that when the house was built one of Lutyens' plans showed an orchard. While there are still two ancient apple trees Stephen was delighted to note that if you look carefully at the above picture you can see a number of what are almost certainly young fruit trees.

I have taken the opportunity to update the Homewood page by adding a brief reference to the flowers in the garden in 1931 and the description of this architecturally important house by Pevsner.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Homewood, Knebworth, an interesting house designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens

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Homewood, Knebworth
Chris has a post card of Homewood - and wanted to know something of the house's history - so I have provided a page of information, with many external links on what was built as a dower house for Dowager Lady Lytton, of Knebworth House.