Object Details
- General
- Westbrook was the home of Arts and Crafts movement architect and china painting artist Hugh Thackeray Turner and his wife Mary Elizabeth Powell Turner. It was designed and built by Thackeray Turner in 1899-1900, who worked with Gertrude Jekyll on the design of its gardens (Turner and Jekyll also collaborated on the design of the Phillips Memorial in Godalming). A sunken garden with a lily tank at its center was a key feature of the site. The original plan also featured woodland paths to a boathouse and footbridge on the River Wey. Thomas W. Sears visited Westbrook on August 2, 1906, where he had tea with Mrs. Turner and took several photographs of the site.
- Persons associated with the garden include: Hugh Thackeray Turner and Mary Elizabeth Powell Turner (former owners, 1899-1937) and Gertrude Jekyll (garden designer, ca. 1900).
- Garden designer
- Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932
- Former owner
- Turner, Hugh Thackeray, 1853-1937
- Turner, Mary Elizabeth Powell, d. 1907
- Collection Creator
- Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966
- Sears & Wendell
- Olmsted Brothers
- Harvard University
- American Society of Landscape Architects
- Place
- Westbrook (Godalming, Surrey, England)
- United Kingdom -- England -- Surrey -- Godalming
- Topic
- Gardens -- England -- Surrey -- Godalming
- Garden designer
- Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932
- Former owner
- Turner, Hugh Thackeray, 1853-1937
- Turner, Mary Elizabeth Powell, d. 1907
- See more items in
- Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection
- Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection / Series 1: Photographic Images / International / England
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Gardens
- Identifier
- AAG.SRS, File ENG104
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection.
- Collection Rights
- Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Bibliography
- Garden has been featured in Lawrence Weaver, "Country Homes, Gardens Old and New, Westbrook, Godalming, The Residence of Mr. Thackeray Turner," Country Life 31 (January 20, 1912), pp. 92-97. Garden has been featured in Gertrude Jekyll and Lawrence Weaver, Gardens for Small Country Houses, 3rd edition (London: Country Life, 1914), pp. 27-35. Garden has been featured in Country Life 38 (July 24, 1915), pp. 119-121.
- Scope and Contents
- The folder includes worksheets, photocopies of images of the site, and other information.
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562707900944-1562707902525-3
