Harold Peto
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Harold Ainsworth Peto (1854-1933) was an English architect and garden designer. He was the son of Samuel Morton Peto of Somerleyton Hall. In 1876 he went into partnership with Ernest George and designed houses in Kensington and Chelsea but was forced to leave London due to ill health.[1] In 1899 Harold moved to Iford Manor in Wiltshire, where he re-designed and expanded the garden, trying out new ideas, and housing his collection of artifacts collected during his many travels around the world. The garden at Iford illustrates particularly his Arts and crafts approach to architecture and garden design.
A fine example of Peto's garden architecture can be seen at West Dean, West Sussex where his 300 foot-long Pergola is a highlight of the Gardens. Peto and his partner Ernest George also directed an extension of West Dean House for William James, father of Surrielist patron Edward James. Peto and George created the Oak Room, the old dining room and the staircase, all of which can still be seen within West Dean College. West Dean website
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- ^ A. Stuart Gray, Edwardian Architects, A Biographical Dictionary (1985), ISBN 0 7156 2141 6, p. 284.
