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Members of the Trust have published their research. This may have appeared as articles in our Newsletters, or on occasion in a full publication. Details of each publication are provided below. Publications can be ordered using the form below.

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IN PURSUIT OF THE PICTURESQUE

The Trust's first publication (2001) In Pursuit of the Picturesque - William Gilpin's Surrey Excursion by Joan Percy was very well received.

It tells how, in August 1768, William Gilpin, then headmaster of Cheam School in Surrey, made an excursion through Banstead and Reigate to Dorking and thence to the Rookery at Westcott, returning via Mickleham and Ashtead. His previously unpublished manuscript description of this expedition is held by the Bodleian Library at Oxford. It mentions the great estates and describes the 'Picturesque' scenes which he observed along the way.

This book gives an account of his life and ideas and relates the history of these estates - Gatton, Betchworth Castle, Denbies, the Rookery, the Deepdene, Norbury and Ashtead Park - including research carried out by members of the Surrey Gardens Trust. It is copiously illustrated, mostly with contemporary maps, engravings and watercolours, including a number by John Hassell which are held by the Surrey History Centre.

In Pursuit of the Picturesque was written by Joan Percy and published by the Surrey Gardens Trust. The book costs £9.95 plus £3 postage and packing. 116 pages, 55 black and white and 35 colour illustrations. ISBN 0 9540630 0 7.

NATURE AND TRADITION

The Trust has also been associated with Nature and Tradition - Arts and Crafts Architecture and Gardens in and around Guildford. Local societies, Guildford Borough Council and Surrey County Council have collaborated to put together a well illustrated survey of the Arts and Crafts houses and gardens in and around Guildford plus information on others to visit beyond Guildford and Surrey.

It is hoped that residents, newcomers and visitors to present-day Guildford will enjoy finding out about the wealth of Arts and Crafts buildings and gardens that exist in the area through the work of such notable architects and designers as Edwin Lutyens, C F A Voysey, M H Baillie Scott, Gertrude Jekyll and others.

Nature and Tradition was published by The Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey. The new and enlarged edition costs £5.95 plus £3 postage and packing. 75 pages, 18 colour and 61 black and white illustrations. ISBN 0 9537615 1 7.

BROOME PARK, BETCHWORTH

Three hundred years ago, in May 1705, Christopher Kilby was born in Boston, America. He settled in London from 1740 and then in 1763 retired from his mercantile interests to Betchworth where he created the landscaped grounds of Tranquil Dale, later called Broome Park. This publication relates the story of the house and its owners and especially traces the history of the park and gardens from their 18th century creation to the present day. It is copiously illustrated with maps, engravings and photographs.

Broome Park, Betchworth was written by Don Josey and published by the Surrey Gardens Trust. It costs £5 with free postage. 30 pages, 2 colour and 21 black and white illustrations. ISBN 0 9540630 1 5.

A CELEBRATION OF JOHN EVELYN: PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE TO MARK THE TERCENTENARY OF HIS DEATH, edited by MAVIS BATEY

In April 2006 the Surrey Gardens Trust, in association with the Garden History Society, hosted a conference at Wotton House to celebrate the tercentenary of the death of John Evelyn (1620-1706). In this book we publish the papers presented at the conference by eminent Evelyn scholars.

Gillian Darley sets Evelyn in context; Sally Jeffery writes of his travels in France and Italy and the influence they had on his future ideas; Frances Harris shows that Wotton fostered his passion for trees and the Surrey landscape but casts doubt on Evelyn's involvement in the design of the garden; Douglas Chambers tells of his interest in the contemporary concept of Nature; Maggie Campbell-Culver discusses Evelyn's best known publication, Sylva; Mark Laird considers how man can control the environment with a greenhouse and his vulnerability in the light of the Great Storm of 1703; Peter Brandon tells how Evelyn's grandson and heir created much of Surrey's wooded landscape; and Mavis Batey's masterly summing-up evaluates his influence at the start of the English Landscape Gardening movement. The book is copiously illustrated with contemporary drawings, engravings and paintings, including tree portraits from the later editions of Sylva.

A Celebration of John Evelyn, edited by Mavis Batey, is published by the Surrey Gardens Trust and costs £15 plus £3 for postage and packing. It has 206 pages, 160 illustrations, many of them in colour. ISBN 978-0-9540630-2-3.

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humphry repton’s red book for betchworth house, surrey

Text transcribed from Humphry Repton’s Red Book for Betchworth prepared for the Honorable W. H. Bouverie in 1800. Includes Repton’s watercolours illustrating his proposed improvements to the house and landscape. The original Red Book is the property of Lady Hamilton of Dalzell and her family. This facsimile is created and the images reprinted with their kind permission.

Published by Surrey Gardens Trust in 2018 to mark the bicentenary of Humphry Repton’s death. The publication costs £10 plus £3 for postage and packing. The book is 54 pages and in full colour with all of the original text, watercolours and plans of Repton.

humphry repton’s red book for hatchlands, surrey

Repton was commissioned by George Holme Sumner (1760-1838) in 1799 to redesign the park and gardens at Hatchland. George Holme Sumner was the son of William Brightwell Sumner (d. 1791), of the East India Company. William purchased Hatchlands from Fanny Boscawen, Admiral Edward Boscawen’s widow, in 1750. Little is known of the Sumner family’s life at Hatchlands apart from a few household records that show they lived an affluent lifestyle. William is known to have made alterations to the house during his lifetime.

Repton produced his Red Book for Hatchlands in February 1800. The original Red Book is owned by The Morgan Library & Museum in New York but a bound reproduction is now available to view in the house at Hatchlands. This facsimile has been created and the images reprinted with the kind permission of The Morgan Library & Museum.

Published by Surrey Gardens Trust in 2018 to mark the bicentenary of Repton’s death. The publication costs £5 plus £3 for postage and packing. The book is 24 pages and in full colour with all of the original text, watercolours and plans produced by Repton.