design. Most of Peto's major commissions were executed between 1900 and 1914. His projects include work at Easton Lodge, Essex; West Dean House, Sussex; Crichel House, Dorset; Petwood, Lincolnshire; High Wall, Oxford; Buscot Park, Oxfordshire; Hartham Park, Wiltshire; Bridge House, Surrey; Heale House, Woodford, Wiltshire; Wayford Manor House, Somerset; Burton Pynsent House, Somerset and Ilnacullin, County Cork, Ireland. He also designed a series of gardens in Mediterranean France – at Cannes the Isola Bella, and at Cap Ferrat the villas Sylvia, Maryland and Rosemary. A good example of Peto's garden architecture can be seen at West Dean House, Sussex, now housing West Dean College, where his pergola is a highlight of the gardens. Peto and Ernest George also directed an extension of the house for William James (father of poet Edward James, patron of the Surrealist art movement); they created the Oak Room, the old dining room and the staircase, all of which can still be seen within West Dean College. Peto was also interested in interior design, and in 1907 he was commissioned to design the first-class accommodation aboard the trans-Atlantic liner Mauretania. Peto died at Iford Manor on 16 April (Easter Day), 1933. References Further reading B. D'Arcy Reed, The Gardens of Easton Lodge: their recovery ... (2010) R. Whalley, The Great Edwardian Gardens of Harold Peto From The Archives Of Country Life (2007) H. A. Peto, The Boke of Iford, intro. R. Whalley (1993. Libanus Press) 'Iford Manor and its garden', in Architectural Review; 33 (1913), p. 11-14, 28-30 External links Iford Manor 1854 births 1933 deaths People educated at Harrow School People from Lowestoft Architects from London English gardeners English landscape architects Younger sons of baronets Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects