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Lloyd was always conscious that the work should be conducted sympathetically and true to its period and, after the restoration was completed in 1912, he wrote in a memorandum of 1913; "The spirit in which the work has been done may be summed up by saying that nothing has been done without authority,
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When he retired from his business in 1909, Nathaniel Lloyd began looking for an old house to buy and renovate. In 1910 he purchased the 15th century manor house Dixter for the sum of £6,000 and also bought a 16th century timbered yeoman’s house in
Benenden Kent, subject to a demolition order, for
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In 1905 Nathaniel Lloyd married Daisy Field and they had six children, 5 sons, Selwyn (1909–35), Oliver (1911–85), Patrick (1913–56), Quentin (1916–95), Christopher (1921-2006) and 1 daughter, Letitia (1919–74). After
Nathaniel’s death in 1933, Daisy Lloyd took over the running of the estate,
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nothing has been done from imagination; there has been no forgery". 1913 was also the year in which Great Dixter first appeared in the magazine
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