Further information
Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/listcoll.html
Hussey, Christopher, 1908. ‘Hestercombe I - Somerset. The seat of the Hon. Edward W. Berkeley Portman. Country Life 24 (614), 486-494.
Hussey, Christopher, 1908. ‘Hestercombe II - Somerset. The seat of the Hon. Edward W. Berkeley Portman. Country Life 24 (615), 522-530.
Hussey, Christopher, 1927. ‘Hestercombe I - Somerset. The seat of the Hon. Mrs Edward Berkeley Portman. Country Life 61 (1578), 598-605.
Hussey, Christopher, 1927. ‘Hestercombe II - Somerset. The seat of the Hon. Mrs Edward Berkeley Portman. Country Life 61 (1579), 638-645.
Weaver, Laurence, Houses and Gardens by E.L. Lutyens (London: Country Life, 1914).
Jekyll, Gertrude, Colour in the Flower Garden (London: Country Life Ltd and George Newnes Ltd., 1908).
People involved in the restoration of the formal gardens at Hestercombe 1970 to 1978
* denotes people interviewed for this article.
Bernard Adams, county architect, Somerset County Council (from about 1961 to 1980).
Harry Baldwin,* contracts manager, Somerset County Architect's Department (SCAD), 1965-82.
Stuart Brookfield, head of horticulture, Somerset College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Cannington.
Aubrey Leonard Bullion, deputy, then chief fire officer, Somerset Fire Brigade (SFB), 1958-60 and 1960-72.
Roy Cheek,* senior lecturer, Somerset College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Cannington, 1970-90.
Harold Deer, administrative officer, SFB, from before 1960 to about 1985. Oversaw work on the gardens 1970-1985.
John Ford,* assistant, then principal landscape architect, SCAD, 1970-2 and 1975-6.
Laurence Fricker,* lecturer in landscape architecture, Universities of Edinburgh and Portsmouth, 1962-1993.
Raymond Hitchcock,* chief administrative officer, SFB, 1965-88.
Leslie E. Johnson,* deputy, then chief fire officer, SFB, 1969-72 and 1972-8.
Lorna McRobie,* landscape architect, SCAD, 1973-8.
William E. Mount,* principal landscape architect, SCAD, 1962-74.
Wilf Perry, SFB gardener,* 1971-73 and head gardener 1973-83.
Madeleine Pickthorne,* temporary Dutch elm officer, SCAD, January 1973 to September 1974.
Steven Pike,* transport manager, SFB, 1974-2006.
Mervyn Richins,* conservator, Somerset County Records Office since 1970.
Jim Stagg,* SFB gardener, 1973-1983 and head gardener 1983-86.
Libby Stubbings,* SCAD research assistant, 1971-1973.