Phyllis Reiss

Her parents were Edith Hamilton (born Crake) and Colonel Alfred George Lucas.

[4] The garden layout had been developed by Dr. Price who had created triangular and diamond shaped flagstone paths and ornamental domes of box were planted in the 1920s.

[5] The existing early landscaping was expanded by Reiss starting in 1933 in an Arts and Crafts "Hidcote" style.

[10] The house's later tenants included the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse and her husband Prof John Malins from 1980 to 1993.

[8] Reiss's carefree planting was said to have had a strong influence of Hobhouse as well as Dame Sylvia Crowe and the American born designer Lanning Roper.