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    Part 4: Further Information

    Part 4: Further Information

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    Further information

    Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/listcoll.html

    Hussey, Christopher, 1908. ‘Hestercombe I - Somerset. The seat of the Hon. Edward W. Berkeley Portman. Country Life 24 (614), 486-494.

    Hussey, Christopher, 1908. ‘Hestercombe II - Somerset. The seat of the Hon. Edward W. Berkeley Portman. Country Life 24 (615), 522-530.

    Hussey, Christopher, 1927. ‘Hestercombe I - Somerset. The seat of the Hon. Mrs Edward Berkeley Portman. Country Life 61 (1578), 598-605.

    Hussey, Christopher, 1927. ‘Hestercombe II - Somerset. The seat of the Hon. Mrs Edward Berkeley Portman. Country Life 61 (1579), 638-645.

    Weaver, Laurence, Houses and Gardens by E.L. Lutyens (London: Country Life, 1914).

    Jekyll, Gertrude, Colour in the Flower Garden (London: Country Life Ltd and George Newnes Ltd., 1908).

    People involved in the restoration of the formal gardens at Hestercombe 1970 to 1978

    * denotes people interviewed for this article.
    Bernard Adams, county architect, Somerset County Council (from about 1961 to 1980).

    Harry Baldwin,* contracts manager, Somerset County Architect's Department (SCAD), 1965-82.

    Stuart Brookfield, head of horticulture, Somerset College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Cannington.

    Aubrey Leonard Bullion, deputy, then chief fire officer, Somerset Fire Brigade (SFB), 1958-60 and 1960-72.

    Roy Cheek,* senior lecturer, Somerset College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Cannington, 1970-90.

    Harold Deer, administrative officer, SFB, from before 1960 to about 1985. Oversaw work on the gardens 1970-1985.

    John Ford,* assistant, then principal landscape architect, SCAD, 1970-2 and 1975-6.

    Conservation in practice

    Laurence Fricker,* lecturer in landscape architecture, Universities of Edinburgh and Portsmouth, 1962-1993.

    Raymond Hitchcock,* chief administrative officer, SFB, 1965-88.

    Leslie E. Johnson,* deputy, then chief fire officer, SFB, 1969-72 and 1972-8.

    Lorna McRobie,* landscape architect, SCAD, 1973-8.

    William E. Mount,* principal landscape architect, SCAD, 1962-74.

    Wilf Perry, SFB gardener,* 1971-73 and head gardener 1973-83.

    Madeleine Pickthorne,* temporary Dutch elm officer, SCAD, January 1973 to September 1974.

    Steven Pike,* transport manager, SFB, 1974-2006.

    Mervyn Richins,* conservator, Somerset County Records Office since 1970.

    Jim Stagg,* SFB gardener, 1973-1983 and head gardener 1983-86.

    Libby Stubbings,* SCAD research assistant, 1971-1973.