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Nymans has been a National Trust property since 1953 with a 30 acre garden which was created over nearly three-quarters of a century from 1885 by Ludwig Messel and his son Leonard. During this time they assembled a remarkable collection of trees, shrubs and plants from all over the world. The work of father and son was continued by the Earl and Countess of Rosse who nurtured and enriched the garden. It is laid out in a series of outdoor rooms; the different levels of the garden are connected with stone steps or grassy slopes. The oldest part of Nymans is the wall garden reached through a decorative archway with magnificent herbaceous borders intersected with an ornate Italian fountain and formal topiary yews.
Today the ruined house still provides a romantic background for the garden and the remaining Messel Family rooms are open to the public. In total three generations of the Messel family have lived at Nymans, from the late 1800's until 1947 when the house was tragically destroyed by fire. Subsequently the surviving rooms were still used, occasionally to entertain friends and as a base from which to run the garden.
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Nymans has been a National Trust property since 1953 with a 30 acre garden which was created over nearly three-quarters of a century from 1885 by Ludwig Messel and his son Leonard. During this time they assembled a remarkable collection of trees, shrubs and plants from all over the world. The work of father and son was continued by the Earl and Countess of Rosse who nurtured and enriched the garden. It is laid out in a series of outdoor rooms; the different levels of the garden are connected with stone steps or grassy slopes. The oldest part of Nymans is the wall garden reached through a decorative archway with magnificent herbaceous borders intersected with an ornate Italian fountain and formal topiary yews.
Today the ruined house still provides a romantic background for the garden and the remaining Messel Family rooms are open to the public. In total three generations of the Messel family have lived at Nymans, from the late 1800's until 1947 when the house was tragically destroyed by fire. Subsequently the surviving rooms were still used, occasionally to entertain friends and as a base from which to run the garden.