***************************************************************** * Gardens-Guide.com * 250,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in 2011 * 2,000 garden pages viewed per day from March to September 2011 * * 1,000+ Page Views! - One-Quarter of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com * were EACH viewed more than 1,000 times in 2011. * * 500+ Page Views! - HALF of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com were * EACH viewed more than 500 times in 2011. * ***************************************************************** *** UPDATE FORM *** Monk's House 1) Please COPY the entire FORM BELOW 2) Make any changes in BRIGHT RED -OR- mark changed Section Headers with: *** 3) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED backto us: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** *** also - SEARCH ENGINE BOOSTING for both YOU and Gardens-Guide.com *** If your webmaster could place a link from your own website directly to your page on Gardens-Guide.com, this will improve it's rankings in Google and other search engines. Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Monk's House Last Modified: 14-01-2011 Garden ID: 0188 pic: 0188_monksHouse.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: National Trust Address: Rodmell Lewes Postcode: BN7 3HF County: East Sussex tel: 01323 870001 fax: 01892 890110 website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/scripts/nthandbook.dll?PROPERTYID=108 email: monkshouse //at// nationaltrust.org.uk English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/scripts/nthandbook.dll?PROPERTYID=108 2nd Apr - 29th Oct; Wed & Sat; 2pm - 5:30pm Last admission 30mins before closing Best Times of Year to Visit: To see: National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: Groups must book 4 weeks in advance House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: Admission Prices: Adult £4.20, child £2.10, family £10.50 Parking: No Lavatories: No Disabled Access: No Shop: No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: No Teas: No Refreshments: No Picnics: No Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: No Other Facilities: Features: Country retreat of the novelist Virginia Woolf; Home of Leonard and Virginia Woolf until 1969; Rooms reflect life and times of literary circle in which they moved; Extracts from Virginia's diaries and photographs on display Designer: Description of Garden: A small white weather-boarded house, the home of Leonard & Virginia Woolf, until Leonard's death in 1969. The rooms reflect the life and times of the literary circle in the which they moved. The garden has four contrasting sections - formal walled area, orchard, open lawn and Kitchen garden. "Our orchard is the very place to sit and talk for hours in". Virginia wrote in her diary. A typical Sussex flint church lies at the bottom of the garden. History: Bought by the Woolfs in 1919 as a country retreat. Local Inns: Juggs, Kingston near Lewes Accomodation: Nightingales, Lewes Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: