"Godmersham Park" 1983 Christie's

[461] pp.

1961 lots

w/ Rex Whistler designed bookplate for Elsie Tritton on front endpaper

Godmersham Park passed toJohn Cunliffe Lister, 3rdBaron Masham, who sold it in 1921 toWilliam Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth.In 1935, Godmersham Park was sold to Mr and Mrs Robert Tritton, who restored the house.Walter Sarel remodelled the building, much of the interior being replaced using genuine eighteenth-century features recovered from buildings across England.Norah Lindsayadvised on restoration of the walled gardens.The house became a Grade Ilisted buildingin 1952,and the gardens were separately listed in Grade II* in 1986, with other garden features listed as Grade II.

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