Harold Ainsworth Peto
1854-1933
British
(London, England; Cork, Ireland; Kent, England)
Harold Ainsworth Peto was one of the most successful garden designers of the Edwardian era designing gardens in England, Ireland and the South of France. A great exponent of the Italianate style of garden design, Peto was greatly influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement and admired by both Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll.
Among his best-known gardens are Iford Manor, Wiltshire; Buscot Park, Oxfordshire; West Dean House, Sussex; and Ilnacullin, County Cork, Ireland. In 1876 Peto went into partnership with architect Sir Ernest George RA –a partnership which would last sixteen years. George and Peto ran one of the most successful architectural practices in London but in 1892, Peto resigned from the practice on grounds of ill-health and moved to the South of France. In 1892 Peto ended his partnership with Ernest George, and based himself in Kent (1892–1895) and afterwards at Landford Lodge near Salisbury (1896–1899).
Artist profile image: Harold Ainsworth Peto. The Building News, Volume 58, 1890.
