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  • The English Garden

    Life Imitates Art

    Dec 31, 2021 4 minutes
    PHOTOGRAPHS NICOLA STOCKEN

    Joseph Mallord William Turner is indisputably one of Britain’s greatest landscape painters, but this man, famed for his peerless depiction of light, also nurtured a passion for architecture. A youthful draughtsman, he’d once mused that if choosing a profession again he’d be an architect.

    His rural retreat in Twickenham now stands restored, thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund and private donations, as an enduring testament to his design skills. It is surrounded by a beautiful small garden that captures the flavour of his time in residence.

    Turner was born in 1775 and was already enjoying great success by the time he came to build Sandycombe Lodge in 1813. The property was initially named Solus Lodge, indicating Turner’s desire for quiet seclusion. The foremost

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