Tigbourne Court

Tigbourne Court is an Arts and Crafts style country house in Wormley, Surrey, England, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Witley.

[6][a] Lutyens was assisted by his business partner E. Baynes Badcock, who was responsible for inspecting the building as the construction progressed,[8] and by Norman Evill, who drew the architectural plans.

[19] Tigbourne Court was conceived by Edwin Lutyens in the spirit of the Arts and Crafts movement, combining architectural styles from the Tudor period and the 17th century.

[12] The house has a strong geometric layout that Lutyens' biographer, Christopher Hussey, suggests was influenced by the ideas of John Thorpe.

[12][22] The porch is classical in style with Doric columns and is flanked by single-storey concave walls that form the inner faces of the forward-projecting north and south wings.

[12][b] The north wing contains the kitchen, which Lawrence Weaver notes is inconveniently sited for the dining room on the other side of the ground floor.

[29][30] Ian Nairn comments: "Tigbourne leaves the visitor uncertain whether simply to be profoundly thankful for what is there, or to regret that Lutyens never afterwards came up to this level.

In fact, it is an example of a new, smaller type of country house, built with a garden but no landed estate, and within easy distance of London.

"[32] Architect, Stephen Gardiner writes: "...amazing ingredients of Elizabethan gables, Roman Tiles, Tudor bricks and chimneys, Doric columns, classical geometry and leaded glass are mixed together with tremendous vigour to make a work of dignity and composure.

"[33] Journalist, Michael McNay writes: "Looking at one of the best of [Lutyens'] houses, Tigbourne Court, is like looking at a drawing by Osbert Lancaster made manifest in bricks and mortar...

The western side of the house, viewed from the north. The pairs of chimneys are positioned at the ends of the north and south wings.
Ground floor plan (north is to the left)
Window in one of the curved walls of the north wing, showing the horizontal bands of tiles laid in a herringbone pattern and the galleted Bargate stone blockwork
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