East Lambrook Manor
East Lambrook Manor is a small 15th-century manor house in East Lambrook, Somerset, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building,[1] and is surrounded by a 'cottage garden' planted by Margery Fish from 1938 until her death in 1969.[2] The garden is Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.[3]
House
The two-storey house, was originally built as an open hall-house. It which was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1959,[1] was built of Somerset hamstone in the 15th and 16th centuries. It was a manor farm until the restoration in the 1930s.[4]
Garden
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Several plants are named after the garden including: the silver-leafed wormwood Artemisia absinthium 'Lambrook Silver',[9] the spurge Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii, 'Lambrook Gold', the cotton lavender Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Lambrook Silver', and the primrose Primula 'Lambrook Mauve'.
The garden has been restored since 1985 into the state it was left at the time of Fish's death in 1969.[10]
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