. Lutyens houses and gardens . stic heredity,for his architect son has always been swift to try freshcombinations of materials. E. L. Lutyens was educatedat a private school, studied for two years at South Kensing-ton, and was a year in the office of Messrs. Ernest Georgeand Peto. As early as 1888 he did a little work on hisown account in the alteration of a cottage at small works followed until 1891, when he received hisfirst serious commission from Mr. (now Sir) Arthur Chapman,for whom he built Crooksbury, his first house of anyimportance (Figs. 13 and 14). The development of
. Lutyens houses and gardens . stic heredity,for his architect son has always been swift to try freshcombinations of materials. E. L. Lutyens was educatedat a private school, studied for two years at South Kensing-ton, and was a year in the office of Messrs. Ernest Georgeand Peto. As early as 1888 he did a little work on hisown account in the alteration of a cottage at small works followed until 1891, when he received hisfirst serious commission from Mr. (now Sir) Arthur Chapman,for whom he built Crooksbury, his first house of anyimportance (Figs. 13 and 14). The development of his outlook had its starting-pointin what may roughly be called the picturesque manner,derived in some sort from reminiscences of a childish lovefor the gabled houses in Randolph Caldecotts studied picturesqueness is observed throughout hiswork of 1888-1900, but as a factor of lessening early reminiscences of gothic detail in the garden porchat Crooksbury were soon abandoned, as were also the broad. --l z Q 10 Association with Miss Jekyll II white barge boards (Fig. 13) which now look rather aggres-sive. One of the important happenings in his artistic careerwas his early acquaintance with Miss Jekyll. Her greatgift for gardening served as a stimulus to his appreciationrand led him to give the large attention to garden designwhich has developed so notably, from Woodside, Chenies(Fig. 1) to Hestercombe (Chapter VII). It would be difficult to exaggerate the importance of herinfluence. Architects find in gardens a just sphere fordesign, but they cannot be expected to have a wide know-ledge of horticulture. Miss Jekyll added to this knowledgean intimate sense of design, and Sir Edwins associationwith her in the joint labour of design and planting led notonly to splendid results in individual gardens, but also tothe widening of his outlook on the whole question. It wasan ideal partnership. It is in the main to Miss Jekyll thatwe owe the rational blending
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