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Munstead Wood

Arts and Crafts architecture in EnglandArts and Crafts gardensBusbridge, SurreyGardens by Gertrude JekyllGrade I listed buildings in Surrey
Grade I listed housesGrade I listed parks and gardens in SurreyHouses completed in 1897Houses in SurreyNational Trust properties in SurreyUse British English from June 2020Woodland gardensWorks of Edwin Lutyens in England
Lutyens houses and gardens (1921) (14760674751)
Lutyens houses and gardens (1921) (14760674751)

Munstead Wood is a Grade I listed house and garden in Munstead Heath, Busbridge on the boundary of the town of Godalming in Surrey, England, 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the town centre. The garden was created by garden designer Gertrude Jekyll, and became widely known through her books and prolific articles in magazines such as Country Life. The Arts and Crafts style house, in which Jekyll lived from 1897 to 1932, 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 number of these collaborations has been put at around 120; other well known ones include Deanery Garden in Berkshire and Hestercombe House in Somerset.The entire original area of Jekyll's property is grade I listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. Since Jekyll's time, it has been divided into six plots with different owners.The main house, which retains the name of Munstead Wood and whose plot contains most of the original gardens, is a Grade I listed building. The properties in the other plots, which are to the north and west of the main house, also include listed buildings designed by Lutyens, in the lesser two categories; these were mostly Jekyll's outbuildings. In 2023, the National Trust bought Munstead Wood through a private sale.

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Munstead Wood
Munstead Heath Road, Waverley Busbridge

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Munstead Heath Road
GU8 4AX Waverley, Busbridge
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