| British Architect Sir Edwin Lutyens is the inspiration | | | | contrast to the formal bedding scheme which |
| for the Lutyens Bench. This Architect was the | | | | previous generations propagated. It is this kind of |
| designer of many fine English country houses as well | | | | informal setting which makes the Lutyens Bench so |
| as much of the architectural design in New Delhi. He | | | | perfect to finish it off. Sir Edwin Lutyens is revered |
| also designed the Viceroy's House, now known as | | | | for the fact that he was able to adapt traditional |
| Rashtrapati Bhavan and the India Gate as well as | | | | architectural styles to imaginatively meet the |
| many other monuments in collaboration with Sir | | | | standards and requirement of his era. |
| Herbert Baker. | | | | These benches with classic lines come in two sizes, |
| The Luytens Bench is very distinctive in its design, | | | | 150cm and 190cm and they are built to last and to |
| and certainly not the normal park type bench. It is | | | | live out of doors. They can be left untreated or you |
| constructed completely from teak, is attractive with | | | | can keep them looking in new condition with regular |
| rounded arms and a cut-out back rest. | | | | maintenance, they will age very gracefully and last |
| The aptness of having the Lutyens Bench in an | | | | more than a lifetime, even with the tardiest of care. |
| English country garden setting is compounded by the | | | | Find a special place in your garden for your Lutyens |
| fact that Sir Edwin Lutyens partnered on many | | | | Bench, maybe a quite arbour with herbaceous |
| private commissions with renowned horticulturist and | | | | borders where you enjoy sitting quietly and reading |
| garden designer - Gertrude Jekyll. The | | | | or contemplating, you will find it fits in perfectly, |
| "Lutyens-Jekyll" garden typically overflows with brick | | | | almost as though it was meant to be. A bench such |
| paths, herbaceous plantings, hardy shrubbery, classical | | | | as this will last a lifetime and its classic styling never |
| stairs and balustrades. | | | | goes out of fashion. |
| This new and very natural style was very much in | | | | |