Kelmscott Manor - Garden

Garden

The garden includes many old trees, including a very old black mulberry at the rear of the house. The front garden is walled with a summer house in one corner, and both the wall and the summerhouse are Grade II listed. The front garden contains many standard roses. Although part of the original orchard has been removed to make a small car park, many fruit trees have been left intact.

William Morris named his London residence — Kelmscott House — and the private press that he founded — the Kelmscott Press — after Kelmscott. He was buried in the village churchyard in a tomb designed by his friend and colleague Philip Webb.

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