Edwin Lutyens was an eminent architect in the early part of the 20th Century who designed beautiful country homes up and down the UK.
For the battlefield pilgrim making their way to the Somme, no visit is complete without stopping at Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, perhaps Lutyens’ greatest piece of work.
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing
In these days of not being able to freely travel to the battlefields as we get through the pandemic, I was delighted to do the next best thing and get up close to a Lutyens design.
New Place, Hampshire
In 1904, Mrs Franklyn commissioned Lutyens to design a house that would incorporate the magnificent interior of an early 17th Century mansion in Bristol which was scheduled for demolition and which she had inherited.
New Place was built in 1906, ready to live in by 1908 and given by Mrs Franklyn to her son, Captain Henry Arden Franklyn, as a wedding present.
Fast forward to the present, and New Place is a hotel and venue for lots of happy couples on their big day.
Hotel rooms are located in a modern purpose-built block but you can wine and dine inside the stunning Lutyens building. On a lovely evening you can sit on the terrace overlooking the lawn and take in the beauty of another Lutyens design.
