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The Morris Apartment

The exterior of The Morris Apartment within Standen House, West Sussex
The exterior of The Morris Apartment within Standen House, West Sussex | © National Trust / John Miller
The open plan kitchen, sitting and dining room at The Morris Apartment, West Sussex
View towards Weirwood reservoir at Standen on a clear and sunny day

The Morris Apartment

A one-bedroom apartment in trademark Arts and Crafts style, on the second floor of Standen House.

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The open plan kitchen, sitting and dining room at The Morris Apartment, West Sussex
View towards Weirwood reservoir at Standen on a clear and sunny day
The exterior of The Morris Apartment within Standen House, West Sussex
The kitchen in the open-plan living space at The Morris Apartment, West Sussex
The open-plan kitchen, dining and sitting room at The Morris Apartment, West Sussex
The open plan kitchen, sitting and dining room at The Morris Apartment, Sussex
The sitting area in the open-plan living space at The Morris Apartment, West Sussex
The shower room at The Morris Apartment, West Sussex
The bedroom at The Morris Apartment, West Sussex
A view from The Morris Apartment, showing part of Standen House's garden and the countryside beyond, West Sussex
The surrounding area of The Morris Apartment, West Sussex
Looking at Standen from the garden in summertime with the house surrounded by flowers
Standen House, West Sussex
Looking at the back of the house framed by trees on a summer's day.
View over the surrounding gardens and countryside from the roof of Standen House, West Sussex

© National Trust/John Miller

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A one-bedroom apartment in trademark Arts and Crafts style, on the second floor of Standen House.

  • Guests

    2

    Bedrooms

    1

    Acorn rating

    4What's this?

    Number of dogs welcome

    0

    Reference

    001011

    • Experience living in a 19th century Arts and Crafts house

    • You'll have free entry to the main house and out-of-hours access to the hillside garden with an award-winning plant collection

    • Enjoy valley views and walks through the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

     

    The Morris Apartment is a small, airy holiday home on the second floor of Standen House. The property was designed by Philip Webb, a close friend of William Morris, in 1891 and has been decorated with Morris & Co. textiles and wallpaper. Here you can experience how it felt to live in an Arts and Crafts house – a design movement that grew from a desire to revive traditional craftsmanship in response to Victorian industrialisation.

    The Arts and Crafts philosophy extended to Standen's hillside garden, which was designed to look like a natural part of the landscape. While staying here, you'll have out-of-hours access to explore the 12-acre garden after other visitors have gone home. 

    For walkers, footpaths from the estate lead to High Weald woodland and Ashdown Forest. The Standen to Selsfield Common walk takes an 8.5-mile route along country paths, through wildlife-rich woodland and around heathland in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

    Nearby, the picturesque Tudor village of Chiddingstone has cafes, pretty pubs and the famous chiding stone. The South Downs National Park, Wakehurst Botanical Gardens and Nymans are also all within an hour's drive from the apartment. You'll have free entry to National Trust places during your stay, and the money you spend on your holiday will go towards caring for these special buildings and landscapes.

    • Wi-Fi, available
    • Fridge, available
    • Microwave, available
    • Television, available
    • DVD, available
    • Adults only, available
    • Open-plan layout, available
    • Historic building, available
    • 2 hours from London, available
    • Near National Trust attraction, available
    • Trails, available

    Please note, this cottage has an under-counter fridge without an ice box.

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Things to see and do at Standen House

Standen House and Garden 

Arts and Crafts family home with Morris & Co. interiors, set in a beautiful hillside garden

East Grinstead, West Sussex

Fully open today
Two girls play Jenga together in the Walled Garden at Ickworth

The house at Standen 

Explore the family home of the Beales, designed by Philip Webb and furnished throughout by Morris & Co fabrics and wallpapers. An Arts and Crafts inspired comfortable country retreat.

Standen in the summer with flowering herbaceous borders

The garden at Standen 

Stroll around the Arts and Crafts inspired hillside garden at Standen, explore themed outdoor rooms and find a rare collection of plants including ones grown by Margaret Beale. Please note that access to the upper gardens is via the bookshop steps and the Quarry Garden is closed.

Pink and apricot coloured dahlia flowers in the kitchen garden against the backdrop of the house and a bright blue sky

Explore the estate at Standen 

Enjoy self-guided walks through 100 acres of West Sussex countryside on the Standen estate, including ancient woodlands, wildflower meadows and links to the Bluebell Steam Railway.

Footpath covered in pink blossom leading up to the house at Standen, West Sussex

Exploring the area

Find more places to visit nearby

Kew Wakehurst 

Wild botanic garden, managed by Kew and home to the Millennium Seed Bank

Haywards Heath, West Sussex

Henry Moore’s bronze sculpture Reclining Figure stands on a plinth in front of the historic Wakehurst mansion, with mature trees and lawns in the background.

Nymans 

A garden lovers' home for all seasons, with an extensive yet intimate garden set around a romantic house and ruins.

near Haywards Heath, West Sussex

Fully open today
Children taking part in Tug of War during Summer of Play at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire

Chiddingstone Village 

One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent

near Edenbridge, Kent

Part of Chiddingstone Village in Kent showing the Post Office and general store

Sheffield Park and Garden 

Acres of Grade I listed landscaped garden and lakes, surrounded by historic parkland and woodland

Uckfield, East Sussex

Fully open today
A wooden pontoon extends into the lake, with patches of pink and yellow waterlilies, and large trees behind the lake, during the waterlily festival at Sheffield Park and Garden, East Sussex

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