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RBG Kew has leased the land from the National Trust since 1965 and much has been achieved in this time, from the Millennium Seed Bank project and the creation of the Loder Valley and Francis Rose Nature Reserves to the introduction of the visitor centre, the Seed café and Stables restaurant, along
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in 1590. It originally formed a complete courtyard prior to being altered various times, and currently has an E-shaped plan. Wakehurst was bought in 1694 by Dennis Lyddell,
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Nearby, also cared for by Kew, are the Loder Valley Nature Reserve of woodland, meadowland and wetland habitats, and the Francis Rose Reserve, the first devoted to
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decimated Loder's plantings, toppling 20,000 trees. Since then, Kew has redesigned the gardens to create a walk through the temperate woodlands of the world.
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TQ340315), and comprises a late 16th-century mansion, a mainly 20th-century garden and, in a modern building, Kew's
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In 2022, the mansion was closed for an extensive renovation, predicted to last at least two years.
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The stables are listed Grade II* and the South Lodge and gateway is listed Grade II.
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of the Royal Navy treasurer's accounts and briefly MP for
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Historic house and botanic gardens in West Sussex, England
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purchased the mansion from the Van Alen family in 1972.
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51°04′02″N 0°05′20″W / 51.06720°N 0.08894°W / 51.06720; -0.08894
OS grid reference
TQ 33950 31418
West Sussex
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
National Trust
Listed Building
1025764
National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
1000189
Wakehurst Place is located in West Sussex


West Sussex
National Trust
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ardingly
High Weald
grid reference
Millennium Seed Bank
walled
water
woodland
wetland
listed Grade I
National Heritage List for England
Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
Sir Edward Culpeper
comptroller

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