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A DESIGN FOR LIFE

Goddards, Abinger Common, Dorking Sir Edwin Lutyens known to friends as “The Ned”

Britain’s architectural heritage is one of the nation’s which paved the way for his architectural future, Peace Day celebrations in July 1919.
greatest assets and Sir Edwin Lutyens designed firstly as an apprentice in the office of Ernest George
some of the most revered buildings across the world, and Peto. Edwin Lutyens died in 1944.
a diverse portfolio which included country houses,
public buildings, war memorials and a presidential After being commissioned to design a family house at David Lloyd George lived in Churt, on land directly
palace - Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official home of the Crooksbury, near Farnham in Surrey, Lutyens set up in adjacent to The Gables, a truly
President of India located in New Delhi, India. practice by himself in 1889. fitting location for this work
of respect and adoration by
Lutyens is among the most celebrated architects In 1913, Lutyens was appointed architect to the new Mulberry Homes.
of the 20th century. He undertook an extraordinary Imperial capital of British India at New Delhi and in 1919,
variety of commissions, including a cathedral, an Lutyens was approached by Sir Alfred Mond, First Lloyd George also owned the
Oxford college and even council flats. His architectural Commissioner of Works, to design The Cenotaph to land on which The Gables
versatility stood him apart from his peers. stand on Whitehall, central London. is situated. and in tribute the
road will be known as Lloyd
London-born, Lutyen’s passion for architecture pre- After an official approach by Prime Minister David George Gardens.
dated his days as a student at the Kensington School Lloyd George, Lutyens produced the design for a
of Art in 1885. However, it was this design environment cenotaph that would be erected to coincide with the

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