The original producer of Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ built himself a great country house on the edge of London — and he employed one of Sir Edwin Lutyens’ disciples to design it for him.
There’s more than a touch of the theatrical about substantial, Grade II- listed The Court at Chorleywood, near Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. It’s not entirely surprising, given that the house was built in 1911–12 for the Victorian actor-manager Sir George…
