May
11
This $8.6 Million British Manor Will Have You Living Like a Lord
ByA nine-bedroom stone medieval-style house by a legendary architect is surrounded by acres of formal gardens.
A country house in West Sussex, an hour and a half by train from London, is about to hit the market for £6 million ($8.6 million). Designed by Edwin Lutyens, arguably the most famous father of Arts and Crafts architecture (you’ve seen one of his benches, even if you don’t know his name), the manor house known as Little Thakeham dates to 1902 and sits on a 3.2 rolling acres comprising big, elaborate formal gardens. The gardens have been notable for more than a century: In 1904, visiting the house, Lutyens wrote, “I got to Thakeham about eight, a most divine evening. The great downs bathed in reflected light and the garden wonderfully good.” (The house is listed as Grade I, which means it’s of “exceptional” preservation interest; the gardens are listed as Grade II, which means they’re of “special interest.”)…
