Edwin Lutyens, the most famous architectural name of the twentieth century, died in 1944. As a memorial three large volumes of his drawings were commissioned from the thousands found in his office. This volume contains his own plans, elevations and copious details of the finest examples of domestic buildings, on which his huge reputation principally rests; the other two volumes covered his work on corporate and public buildings. But it is the wonderfully inspirational development of his love for the old houses of Surrey - that he shared with his friend and client Gertrude Jekyll - that strikes such a warm response from us and results in a constant demand for this one volume.
