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The Gregg School Townhill Park House
Townhill Park House, Atlantic Park View, West End, Southampton, Hampshire SO18 3RR
Sunday 8 Sep 2024
Sun 8 Sep:1400-1700; Free Entry.
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The Gregg School Townhill Park House
Heritage Open Day: Explore the historic Townhill Park estate, owned by Lord and Lady Swaythling in the early 1900s. Wander around the house designed by L.R. Gutherie and through the beautiful formal gardens by Gertrude Jekyll. Home to The Gregg School since 1994. In 1897 Lord Ivor, First Baron Swaythling, purchased Townhill Park estate from Caleb Gater, for his eldest son, the Hon. Louis Montagu. In 1910, Louis engaged the architect Leonard Rome Guthrie to extend the building. Upon the death of his father, in 1911, Lord Louis became the 2nd Baron Swaythling and in the same year, he commissioned Gertrude Jekyll to design formal gardens to complement the Italian style of the house and his new Arboretum.