BACK IN BLOOM
RATHER LIKE OUR BUSINESS, the house and gardens at Wardington Manor have developed in a haphazard way. Built in the 15th century as a nunnery, the house was reconfigured in 1665. It was again reworked in the early 20th century, first by Clough Williams-Ellis, and later by G. H. Kitchin and Randall Wells — both advocates of the Arts and Crafts tradition, which values skilful craftsmanship over mass-manufacturing, and the romance of the medieval over the modern. The gardens weave around the
