Great Totham - Little Ruffins (Essex)

This fine Wellingtonia in a house named Little Ruffins, in Beacon Hill near Great Totham, was planted around a hundred years ago by the famous architect Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (1851-1942). Great Ruffins, a larger house nearby, is also an example of his work and is in fact a listed building. A noted designer of Art Nouveau, he was a friend of William Morris (founder of the Arts and Craft movement), with whom he was involved in setting up the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Over the years though, their paths diverged because Mackmurdo became more interested in the mass production and distribution to the masses of their designs.

Common Names and Latin Name	Latitude and Longitude		OS National Grid	Elevation (above sea-level)
	WGS84	OSGB36
Giant Redwood, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum	N51.78261 E0.68236	N51.78212 E0.68407	TL 85122 12731	260ft (79.3m)