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Nymans, Handcross, West Sussex: a Byzantine font

RIBA Ref No RIBA25737
Architect/DesignerComber, James (fl. 1895-1953)
Messel, Ludwig Ernst (1847-1915)
Artist/PhotographerSmith, Edwin (1912-1971)
CountryUK: England
CityHandcross
Subject Date1890
Image Date1963
ViewExterior
StyleByzantine
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceESP/GDN/556 (ES2287.4)
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditEdwin Smith / RIBA Collections
SubjectPlanters, plant pots ; Gardens ; Country houses
NOTES; These gardens were created by Colonel Leonard Messel, who purchased the 600 acre estate with Regency house in 1890, and his head gardener, James Comber, who tended the gardens from 1895-1953. Nymans, famous for its beauty and collection of rare plants, was bequeatherd into the care of the National Trust in 1953.
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