East Lambrook Manor, the house and garden owned and developed by legendary gardener Margery Fish, has been put on the market.
The manor house is grade II* listed, while its iconic garden, which is famed for its snowdrops and cottage garden style, is listed as Grade I.
The future of the garden, which is usually open to the public for nine months over the year, will be of concern to galanthophiles and garden enthusiasts. Grade I status is the highest on the register and means any changes to the garden will need to be put through a consultation and planning process involving Historic England and The Gardens Trust. But it does not necessarily mean the garden and nursery will remain open to the public.
In her piece for Gardens Illustrated on the garden, Isabel Bannerman said: Margery's ‘look’ is very familiar and currently very unfashionable; crazy paving with alpine planting; silver and variegated shrubs along with signature blue conifers; loose herbaceous perennials. An absolute joy in later winter are the naturalised bulbs.'
Margery Fish created the garden after moving to Somerset in 1937 with her husband Walter Fish, who was the editor of the Daily Mail. The creation of the garden was documented in her book We Made a Garden, which became an iconic gardening book and one of many that Fish would go on to write.
The Manor is not being sold as a business, although fixtures and fittings in the Malthouse and the nursery could be available by separate negotiation.
The gardens include a collection of stunning snowdrops, as well as hellebores, euphorbia, algerian irises, tulips, violets and much more. Read our profile of East Lambrook Manor Garden.
Gail and Mike Werkmeister, took over East Lambrook Manor in 2008. The property is on the market for £2,250,000 and has five bedrooms and three bathrooms.
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