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Sissinghurst Castle: Vita Sackville-West's boots

RIBA Ref No RIBA5272
Artist/PhotographerSmith, Edwin (1912-1971)
CountryUK: England
CitySissinghurst
Subject Date1570
Image Date1962
ViewInterior
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceESP/ENG/3472 (ES2050.1)
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditEdwin Smith / RIBA Collections
SubjectCountry houses ; Landscape architects ; Stairs ; Still lives ; Seating
NOTES: This Elizabethan manor house, based on a double courtyard, with a central red-brick tower, was built by Sir Richard Baker in 1560-1570. It was saved from dereliction when Vita Sackville-West and Nigel Nicolson bought Sissinghurst, which included 400 acres of farmland, in 1930.
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