Gertrude Jekyll is famous for her garden designs. And rightly so:  they’re pretty stunning.

She designed over 400 in her time and she’s generally acclaimed as a remarkable colourist and as a champion of a less formal Arts & Crafts style.

Here are some lucky homes currently on the market that come with their very own Jekyll garden (click the pics to view the full details)

York

This home is a bit of a double-whammy. Of course, the garden is designed by Jekyll, but the house itself was designed by the architect Walter Brierley.

It’s not often that two different worlds of design meet so effortlessly, and the combination here makes for a really stunning property.

The eight bedrooms and two acres are just a bonus. This is a status property. £1.75 million pounds worth of status.

Surrey

Ok, a communal garden might not be your ideal scenario, but there are communal gardens and then there are Jekyll-designed communal grounds running to 15 gorgeous acres of landscaped loveliness.

The property itself is rather wonderful too – a large and beautifully presented wing of a refurbished mansion with soaring ceilings, ornate plaster work, panelled walls and high windows looking out over that fantastic garden.

The house comes with four bedrooms, one/two reception rooms, three bathrooms and the kind arcadian peace and quiet that, in this part of the world, commands a guide price of £1,450,000.

Buckinghamshire

This property is my favourite.

The gardens themselves are a bit of an enigma; they may have been designed by Jekyll and Edwin Lutyens but no one is absolutely certain.

The added mystery appeals to me. So do the vast reception rooms and four bedrooms.

If I had a spare £1,150,000 in the bank…

Surrey

Ok, this one doesn’t have a garden designed by Jekyll, but it is her childhood home and it features a beautifully picturesque garden complete with a bubbling millstream, cascading waterfall, leat and fishpond.

A wooden bridge with a pergola of climbing roses crosses the stream to the vegetable garden, and to the rear of the house a secluded courtyard is bounded by lawns and a range of ornamental trees and shrubs.

Further away from the house are areas of wild garden and wet woodland which provide the perfect habitat for a wide range of wildlife.

With this as a formative inspiration, it’s hardly surprising that Jekyll went on to become one of the most influential gardeners in the history of British horticulture. £1,250,000 and it’s yours.

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