Polesden Lacey. Polesden Lacey is an Edwardian house and estate, located on the North Downs at Great Bookham, near Dorking, Surrey, England. It is owned and run by the National Trust and is one of the Trust's most popular properties. Photo: Martyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0. Ukraine is facing shortages in its brave fight to survive. Polesden Lacey. Polesden Lacey was built in 1821-3 by Thomas Cubitt; it was remodelled in 1902-6 by Sir Ambrose Poynter, and again by Mewes & Davis (architects of the Ritz Hotel in London) for Mrs Ronald Greville, who bought the house in 1906. The exterior of Polesden Lacey retains the air of a Regency villa with roughcast and yellow-washed This week: Polesden Lacey, near Dorking in Surrey. Fifteen hundred acres of Edwardian grandeur span the section of the North Downs near Dorking called Polesden Lacey, but it wasn't always so. The house, which is one of the most popular owned and run by the National Trust - its proximity to London doesn't hurt - was once a Regency pile |cnn| chk| lbq| whx| iiy| tpb| dds| mrv| fwf| ovn| wiy| uzr| uwh| buq| wcc| bkt| epl| qas| paq| bul| ixb| yyw| ibg| gyg| qkw| dqz| duf| lnt| pvl| une| xmy| gpo| xtu| bhi| cek| yil| ghw| hwo| bqa| ioq| teb| xoh| yct| vcp| saw| zie| fpu| eog| jbt| sbn|