Munstead Orchard

Munstead Orchard is a house dated 1894 and 1895, designed by E. Lutyens for Gertrude Jekyll. It is constructed of Bargate rubble-stone and timber framing with plaster infill, featuring tile hanging and a plain tile roof. The house has an irregular plan and is two storeys high.

The entrance front is asymmetrical with two bays; the right bay is under a gable with a roof that continues down over an outshut containing the entrance. There is a stone plinth below the timber framing, which has large square panels, some close studding, and large curved braces. The outshut on the right includes an internal porch with wooden benches, an inner board door, and an open 5-light window with a diamond-set mullion on the right return. The gabled bay has a 4-light window on each floor with ogee-moulded wooden mullions and leaded lights; the second-floor window is shorter. To the right of the ground floor, there is a stone with the date 1894 and the initials 'GJ'. The left bay features a similar 2-light window below the tile hanging. A tall corniced brick stack is located in the roof slope between the left-hand bays.

At the rear, the ground floor is stone with a 4-light window on the left side and a small single-light window above it on the right. There is also a window and recessed doorway on the right under a catslide roof. The first floor is tile-hung and has a 6-light window under a pentice, with a tall, ribbed brick stack on the left roof slope. The left return has a blind stone ground floor, while the tile-hung first floor has two windows of 2 and 4 lights set at different levels and under pentices. The right return features a low roof with a door breaking the eaves under a gablet.

Inside, the house contains board doors and plain brick fireplaces. It was built for Miss Jekyll's Swiss gardener.