Norah Lindsay

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Norah Lindsay was a prominent early 20th-century British socialite and garden designer known for her influential, romantic planting style at many notable country houses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
garden designer
socialite
birthDate 1873-12-26
birthPlace London, England
surface form: London
child Nancy Lindsay NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1948-01-29
designedGardenAt Blickling Hall
Bodnant Garden
Cliveden House
surface form: Cliveden

Ditchley
surface form: Ditchley Park

European country house gardens
Kelmarsh Hall
Lullingstone Castle
Mottisfont Abbey
Port Lympne
Sutton Courtenay Manor House
surface form: Sutton Courtenay Manor

Upton House
familyName Lindsay
fullName Norah Mary Ponsonby Lindsay
gender female
givenName Nora
surface form: Norah
influenced British country house gardening in the 20th century
Nancy Lancaster
Vita Sackville-West
influencedBy Gertrude Jekyll
knownFor influential country house garden designs
romantic, informal planting style
work for aristocratic clients in Britain and Europe
language English
legacy helped define the 20th-century English country house garden aesthetic
movement Arts and Crafts garden
surface form: Arts and Crafts garden style
nationality British
notablePupil Nancy Lindsay NERFINISHED
occupation garden designer
horticulturist
socialite
periodOfActivity early 20th century
interwar years
residence Sutton Courtenay
surface form: Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire
socialCircle British upper-class society
spouse Sir Harry Lindsay
styleCharacteristic integration of formal structure with informal planting
self-seeding plants for a relaxed effect
soft, naturalistic planting
subtle colour harmonies
workedFor British aristocracy
European aristocracy

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Cliveden House hasGardenDesigner Norah Lindsay
Lady Norah Beatrice Henriette Spencer-Churchill givenName Norah Lindsay
this entity surface form: Norah