LIST OF COMMISSIONS This list of Lanning Roper's gardens is compiled ENGLAND FARLEY HALL*, Farley Hill, near Reading from surviving correspondence (the Lanning (for Hon. Mrs Peter Samuel) - Roper Papers, now in the Royal Horticultural BEDFORDSHIRE Garden design and continuing planting advice, 1975 Society's Lindley Library) and with additional HOWARD'S HOUSE, Cardington 82 information from the memories of his clients and (for Humphrey Whitbread Esq.) friends. Garden design in 1969 and 1982 ENGLEFIELD HOUSE*, near Reading The list requires a word of explanation. The (for Mrs W.R. Beynon) names in brackets after the name of the house BERKSHIRE Garden and planting advice, 1975-80 indicate Lanning's clients, though in many cases they are no longer the owners. The words 'garden BAGNOR MANOR, Newbury WICKHAM HOUSE*, Newbury (for design' and 'planting design' are self-explanatory (for Billy Wallace Esq.) General H.S. Hashim) Garden and are used to indicate a short-term commission. Garden design including riverside lawn, terrace, design, 1976-7 Lanning's preferred way of working was to tend flower borders and swimming pool surround, 'his gardens' over a period of years, and I have with the architect John Griffin, 1960-1 CL RIDGE HOUSE, West Drive, Sunningdale adopted the word 'advice' to describe this. 'Garden (see Chapter 4) (Kenneth Wagg Esq.) advice' means that he oversaw a substantial Garden advice, especially 0n siting of pool and rearrangement of the garden, or part of it; 'planting THE OLD VICARAGE*, Bucklebury (for Sir tennis court, 1974-81 advice' means that he mainly adjusted and carried Robert and Lady Sainsbury) Garden design, out progressive changes in planting only. In the including setting for Henry Moore sculptures, THE MANOR HOUSE*, Yattendon places where he was mainly the planting and continuing planting advice, 1962-74 (for Lord and Lady Iliffe) consultant I have named the architect or other CL (see Chapter 4) Garden advice, 1977-81 designer who may have been involved. But the situations were infinitely variable, as my book MILTON HILL HOUSE*, near Abingdon explains, and this list can only give a brief guide, LITTLE BEAR*, Pangbourne (for W.H. Smith & Son) though it does help in assessing his work. An (for Mr and Mrs C.B. Goulandris) Garden and planting design, 1978-81 asterisk * beside the name of the garden indicates Garden design and continuing planting advice, that there is a file of correspondence in the Lindley 1965-82 YATTENDON PARK*, Yattendon Library; CL indicates that Lanning wrote an article (see also London: 37 Chesham Place) Brief planting advice, 1979-80 in Country Life about the garden, and these can be found by referring to the published index of names THE OLD MILL, Woodspeen (for Jean, AVINGTON MANOR*, Hungerford of houses and gardens; n.d. indicates that the date Lady Ashcombe) Garden design, 1964-6 (Lord and Lady Howard de Walden) of the work is unknown. (see Chapter 4) Garden advice, 1979-82 RIBBLESDALE PARK, Ascot (for J. BASILDON HOUSE*, Lower Basildon R. Hindley Esq.) Garden and planting (for Lord and Lady Iliffe) design with William Wood & Son, Brief planting advice, 1982, 1966 ASCOT PLACE, Ascot Planting BINFIELD LODGE, Newbury (for around the temple with William Mr and Mrs H.J. Heinz) Garden and Wood & Son, n.d. planting design with William Wood & Son, 1966 (see Chapter 4) BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BUCKHURST PARK*, Ascot (for Peter WADDESDON MANOR, near Aylesbury Palumbo Esq.) Planting design and (for the National Trust) continuing advice, 1966-82 Planting design with William Wood & Son for The Aviary garden, 1964 (see Chapter 7) FOLLY FARM, Sulhamstead (for Hon. H. W. and Mrs Astor) Planting advice for the Lutyens/Jekyll HORSENDEN MANOR, Princes Risborough (for garden, 1971-'7 (see Chapter 7) Mrs Gourlay) Planting advice in two reports, n.d. CAMBRIDGESHIRE Highgro V E, near Tetbury LEICESTERSHIRE ANGLESEY ABBEY*, near Cambridge STABLE HOUSE*, North Kilworth (for HRH The Prince of Wales) Garden (for the National Trust) (for Mrs Paul Hyde-Thomason) design and planting advice, 1981 (see Planting maintenance advice, 1982 One visit, plan and planting advice, 1969 (see Chapter Chapter 10) HAMPSHIRE LONDON CHESHIRE EGBURY HOUSE, St Mary Bourne (including the former Middlesex) TATTON PARK, Knutsford (for Mrs Daphne Watkins) Brief planting advice, 1966 (for the National Trust and Cheshire County House in PELHAM CRESCENT (for Council) NORTH END HOUSE*, Mottisfont (for Humphrey Brooke Esq.) Plan for town garden Planting advice for flower borders, Mrs Gilbert Russell) (one of the gardens which backed 0n to Park early Ig6os CL (see Chapter 7) Garden and planting design, 1972-4 (see House) with William Wood & Son, I 960 Chapter 7) LITTLE MORETON HALL*, Congleton 10 HOLLAND PARK, W II (for the National Trust) THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, St Mary Bourne (for (for Lord and Lady Blakenham)Garden and planting Brief garden advice, 1970 (see Chapter 7) Dr Peter Johnson) design with Ian Mylles, his assistant at the time, and Brief garden advice, 1970 William Wood &Son, 1962 CL (see Chapter 4) CORNWALL FAIRFIELD HOUSE*, ANTONY HOUSE*, Torpoint (for Richard Carew Hambledon (for Mr and Mrs Peter Pole Esq. and the National Trust) Wake) Planting advice, 1970-80 CL 96 CHEYNE WALK, SW3 (for Gerald Brief garden advice, 1982 (see Chapter 7) (see also NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: Hochschild Esq.) Garden design and COURTEENHALL) planting design with William Wood & Son, 1963 (see Chapter 4) ESSEX HALL PLACE*, West Meon (for the Hon. Mrs S.R. Cubitt) Continuing planting advice, FOLLY FAUNTs HOUSE, Goldhanger, Maldon 1973-82 THE AVIARY*, Southall (for Whitney Straight (for Julian Jenkinson Esq.) C Esq.) Garden design and continuing planting Brief garden advice, 1970 L (see Chapter 9) advice, 1965-79 CL (see Chapter 6) TAYLOR'S MEAD*, Sparsholt (for Lady GLOUCESTERSHIRE Ivor Spencer-Churchill) Garden and continuing planting advice, 1978-82 37 CHESHAM PLACE*, SW I DAYLESFORD HOUSE, Daylesford (for Mr and Mrs C. B. Goulandris) (for Lord Rothermere) Garden design and continuing planting advice, 1965-82 Planting for formal garden with HERTFORDSHIRE (see also BERKSHIRE: LITTLE BEAR) William Wood & Son, t. I960 30 CHARLES ST, W I MACKERYE END, Harpenden BOURTON-ON-THE-HILL HOUSE, This is one of the early gardens for which n0 (for Mrs Cynthia Fraser) Planting design for a roof garden, 1968 Bourton-on-the-Hill records remain, only a few slides (for Colonel Head) of work done, c. 1967? Planting advice with architects Benson & Benson, I HYDE PARK SQUARE, W2 1962 (for Mrs D.L. Irwin) HUNTINGDONSHIRE Planting design for a roof garden, 1968 CHURCH HOUSE, Bibury (for Sir Tobias Clarke) Garden and planting advice (file survives but has ABBOTS RIPTON HALL, Huntingdon STJOHN'S, Smith Square, sw I been returned at client's request), 1970s (for Lord and Lady de Ramsey) Planting around the church with LR was a frequent visitor and he admired the William Wood & Son (planting plan design work of Humphrey Waterfield in the only survives) Oct. 1968 THE BARN? garden; he helped with planting design around the (for Mrs Guy Holland) Brief garden advice, 19'71- lake in the 1970s CL HARROW SCHOOL 2 (for Mrs Edward Malan) Brief garden advice, 1969-70 VALLEY FARM, Duntisbourne, Cirencester KENT (for Lady Hollenden) 9 HAMPSTEAD HILL GARDENS, N Continuing garden advice, 1973-81 CHARTWELL, Westerham (for the W 3 (for Mrs Michael Bowater) National Trust) Garden and planting advice, Brief garden advice, 1970 KINGSMILL HOUSE, Painswick from 1966 (see Chapter 7) (for Mrs June Keith) I SWAN WALK, SW3 Brief garden advice, 1977 SCOTNEY CASTLE, Lamberhurst (for the Hon. Michael Astor) Garden CIRENCESTER PARK, Cirencester (for the National Trust) and planting design with William (for Lord Bathurst) Garden and planting advice, 1970-82 (see Wood & Son, 1970s (see Chapter 4) Brief garden advice, 1979 Chapter 7) MARGARET PYKE HOUSE*, Mortimer Street, wt STANCOMBE PARK, Dursley PENSHURST PLACE, Tonbridge (for the Family Planning Association) (for Mrs Gerda Barlow). (for Lord De L'Isle) Design and planting advice for a roof garden in Planting advice, I98 I Planting advice, n.d. memory of Mrs Mure, I 9'70S (see Chapter I I) MAIDA AVENUE, W2 (for Mrs Regester) 23 BLOMFIELD ROAD, W9 WOOD HALL, Hethersett, Norwich Shrub planting with (for Sir Edward and Lady Ford) Brief garden (for the Vice-Chancellor of the University of East ifton Nurseries, 1970 advice, 1981 Anglia) Brief garden advice, 1976-7 CREWE HOUSE, Curzon Street, WI Brief 13 ELM PLACE*, SW7 garden advice, 1970 (see Chapter 7) (for Miss Annabel Palumbo) Garden design, I98I- Rudham HOUSE*, East Rudham 2 Garden design and advice, 1976-82 113 DOVEHOUSE STREET*, TRINITY HOSPICE*, Clapham Common, SW4 STERNFIELD HOUSE*, SW3 (for Mrs John Carter) (now the Lanning Roper Memorial Garden) Brief garden advice, 1971 Saxmundham (for Lt.-Col. Sir Eric and Preliminary garden and planting advice, 1981-2 Lady Penn) Garden advice, 1978-82 28 WARWICK AVENUE, W9 (see Chapter 11) Brief advice 0n garden pavilions, 1972 Ismaeli CENTRE, SW7 WICKMERE HOUSE*, Wlckmere (for Planting consultant for roof garden with Noel Bolingbroke-Kent Esq.) Garden ABERCORN PLACE, architects Casson, Conder & Partners and and planting advice, 1979-82 N W 3 (for Esteban Cerda) landscape architects Sasaki Associates, 1981-3 Brief garden advice, 1972 (see Chapter 10) BAYFIELD HALL, Holt (for Brigadier Douglas Phelps) Brief garden 14 HAMMERSMITH GARDEN IN KENSINGTON, West advice, 1982 ERRACE*, W6 London (for Lord Snowdon) (for Jonathan McCreery Esq.) Brief garden advice, 1973-4 Planting design, 1982 (see Chapter 10) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (see also SOMERSET: STOWELL HILL) LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, COURTEENHALL, Northampton (for Mr and 47 CHESTER SQUARE, WC2 (for the University of London) Mrs Peter Wake) Garden design and planting SW I (for Lord Wilton) Planting design for containers for Houghton advice, early I96os Brief garden advice, 1974 Street and Clare Market pedestrian precinct (see also 27 EGERTON TERRACE and with Armstrong, Smith & Barron Partnership, WILTSHIRE: HILLBARN HOUSE) 1982-3 OXFORDSHIRE NORTH MYMMS PARK 5 Cottesmore GARDENS (for Mrs W.