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3 unusual facts about West Dean House


West Dean House

In the early 1930s, James married Tilly Losch, an Austrian dancer choreographer, actress and painter.

In 1971 the Estate became the home of West Dean College, a centre of study of conservation, arts, crafts, writing, gardening and music.

When James moved to the West Dean Estate in 1891, he set about altering and greatly extending the house and commissioned Ernest George and Harold Peto to do so.



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