{"id":66977,"date":"2023-09-04T19:17:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T19:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotcelebon.com\/?p=66977"},"modified":"2023-09-04T19:17:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T19:17:50","slug":"quintessential-manor-house-goes-on-the-market-for-2-25m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotcelebon.com\/lifestyle\/quintessential-manor-house-goes-on-the-market-for-2-25m\/","title":{"rendered":"Quintessential manor house goes on the market for \u00a32.25m"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Quintessential manor house with Britain&#8217;s only Grade I-listed cottage garden which has featured on the BBC&#8217;s Gardeners&#8217; World goes on the market for \u00a32.25m<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The stunning gardens at\u00a0East Lambrook Manor in Somerset span 2.8 acres\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A quintessential manor house with Britain&#8217;s only Grade I-listed cottage garden which featured on the BBC&#8217;s Gardeners&#8217; World has gone on the market for \u00a32.25million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The beautiful gardens at East Lambrook Manor in Somerset were created by celebrated plantswoman and gardening writer Margery Fish.<\/p>\n<p>She became one of the most important influences on gardening in the 20th century, changing it from a past-time of the wealthy to a passion for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>The five-bedroom Medieval home has 2.8 acres of land and is on the market with estate agents Savills.<\/p>\n<p>The internationally famous cottage garden is currently open to the public and attracts thousands of visitors each year from across the UK, Europe,\u00a0Japan, Australia and the USA.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/17\/75048983-12479491-image-a-3_1693845437864.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A manor house (pictured) with Britain&#8217;s only Grade I-listed cottage garden which featured on the BBC &#8216;s Gardeners&#8217; World has gone on the market for \u00a32.25million<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/17\/75048987-12479491-image-a-1_1693845401020.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The five-bedroom Medieval home has 2.8 acres of land and is on the market with estate agents Savills<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/17\/75048975-12479491-image-a-2_1693845421000.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The house is full of character, with exposed timber beams and panelling and stone floors<\/p>\n<p>It has a nursery and converted malthouse which is used as a tea room, as well as two galleries and a meeting room.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Fish moved to East Lambrook Manor from London in 1938 with her husband Walter.<\/p>\n<p>She was a novice gardener in her mid-forties, but developed a style of gardening that was in tune with the times, creating a grand cottage garden on a domestic scale.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote a book We Made a Garden, first published in 1956, which made her famous, inspired generations of gardeners and has rarely been out of print.<\/p>\n<p>It is the only Grade I listed cottage garden in England and has appeared in practically every gardening and lifestyle magazine, also featuring often on BBC&#8217;s Gardeners&#8217; World.<\/p>\n<p>The Werkmeisters bought the property in 2008, having seen a feature about it in a national paper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They have maintained and improved the gardens over the last 15 years, along with a small team of staff and volunteers. Mike Werkmeister built up a snowdrop collection and established a Festival of Snowdrops, which attracted more than 3,000 visitors in February this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/17\/75048973-12479491-image-a-4_1693845446983.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The house has 4,340 sq ft of accommodation with a great hall, inner hall, kitchen, breakfast room, sitting room, drawing room and office on the ground floor and five bedrooms and three bathrooms on the first floor\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/17\/75048981-12479491-image-a-5_1693845453901.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ashley Rawlings of Savills said: &#8216;East Lambrook Manor is a very special home with important Grade I listed gardens renowned for being the premier example of the English cottage garden style&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said his aim has always been to maintain the ethos of Margery Fish&#8217;s garden and would like to find a like-minded buyer who will keep the garden open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Werkmeister said: &#8216;My late wife Gail, an antenatal teacher and President of the National Childbirth Trust at the time, saw the Malthouse Gallery as a fabulous teaching space whereas I, a gardener from the age of about four, embraced the garden and nursery.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Flat&#8217;s incredible! Magnificent mansion is on sale in Yorkshire for less than the price of a one-bed apartment in west London<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;I knew nothing about Margery Fish but we&#8217;d opened our Wimbledon garden for charity through the NGS so we thought &#8216;Why not?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We grew to love the beautiful and welcoming old house, said to date from around 1380, and I shall be sorry to say goodbye to both.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The house is full of character, with exposed timber beams and panelling and stone floors.<\/p>\n<p>It has 4,340 sq ft of accommodation with a great hall, inner hall, kitchen, breakfast room, sitting room, drawing room and office on the ground floor and five bedrooms and three bathrooms on the first floor.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Rawlings of Savills said: &#8216;East Lambrook Manor is a very special home with important Grade I listed gardens renowned for being the premier example of the English cottage garden style.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The property presents a wonderful lifestyle opportunity for an incoming buyer in this beautiful part of Somerset.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/property\/article-12479491\/Quintessential-manor-house-Britains-Grade-listed-cottage-garden-featured-BBCs-Gardeners-World-goes-market-2-25m.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quintessential manor house with Britain&#8217;s only Grade I-listed cottage garden which has featured on the BBC&#8217;s Gardeners&#8217; 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