1897 – “Munstead Wood”, Godalming, Surrey

“This house was built for Miss Jekyll by Mr. Thomas Underwood, of Dunsfold, Godaiming, from the designs and under the directions of Mr. E.L. Lutyens. The walls are built of local stone, the roofs covered with tiles, and the principal timbers, window frames, &c., are of English oak.”
The Builder, September 7 1901

The garden was created by garden designer Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), and became widely known through her books and prolific articles in magazines such as Country Life. She purchased the property in 1883. The Arts and Crafts style house, in which Jekyll lived from 1897 to 1932 (her death), was designed by architect Edwin Lutyens to complement the garden. Munstead Wood was the first in a series of influential collaborations between Lutyens and Jekyll in house and garden design. The house was built in a U-shape around a courtyard open on its north side. The west wing contained Jekyll’s workshops, and to the east lay a service wing.

Jekyll was the first woman to be awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Victoria Medal of Honour, and once said of Munstead Wood: “My garden is my workshop, my private study and place of rest.” Grade I listed. Now a National Trust property.