While snow covers the grounds of Grosvenor Lodge today, many months ago, during the height of summer, exciting things were happening around the over one-hundred-and-fifty-year-old home. At the end of July, Heritage London Foundation and the City of London had Timmins...
As mentioned in Part 1 of this series, the kitchen garden seen in place today was installed as a millennium project. In 2000, grant money was given by the Trillium Foundation, London Community Foundation, and the Richard and Beryl Ivey Fund. The new garden was...
Those of you who follow the progress of Heritage London Foundation and have received our newsletters over the years will be aware that the grounds at Grosvenor Lodge present a unique challenge. Heritage London Foundation has to maintain them with a minuscule budget...
The verandah, like many fancies of the British upper echelons, entered through European exploration of India. While European (especially Portuguese) explorers had reached India long before the rise in popularity of verandahs, they became popular in Australia, the...