Great Dixter is another house we have always wanted to see. It was built in 1910–12 by the architect Edwin Lutyens, who combined an existing mid-15th century house on the site with a similar structure brought from Benenden, Kent, together with his own additions (the buildings on the left - which are private).
You can go in through the celebrated Porch ...
...and walk through the Ground Floor Hall to climb the stairs to see the Parlour ...
... and the Solar, a room of comfort and status.
Great Dixter was the home of gardener and gardening writer Christopher Lloyd (1921-2006). Nathaniel Lloyd and Edwin Lutyens began the garden, but it was Lloyd's son Christopher, a well known garden writer and television personality, who made it famous. The garden is in the arts and crafts style, and features topiary,
a long border, an orchard and a wild flower meadow. It is currently managed by Fergus Garrett.
This is the view of the house from the rear garden.
Are this is another different angle
Like Sissinghurst, Great Dixter also has three 18th-century oast houses, under a common roof, and a 15th-century barn.
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