Turn End is one of three houses designed and built in the 1960s by internationally renowned architect Peter Aldington in the village of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire.

The three houses received a Royal Institute of British Architects Award for Architecture in 1970 and were listed at Grade II* in 2006;  only a handful of post war houses are listed at this grade.  In November 2017 Historic England listed Turn End’s garden at Grade II and added it to the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. At that time Turn End was the only post-war listed house and garden created by the same hand.

As modern housing, made of wood, concrete block and glass, in a traditional setting, the group has always been celebrated as a rare British representative amongst the best of European housing design and has welcomed visitors from all over the world.  Turn End's garden, designed and made by Peter as a natural extension to the house, grew with the buildings, maturing into a world renowned garden. Turn End has provided teaching material for students of architecture and landscape design, been written about nationally and internationally and photographed widely.

Visit us:

Turn End is still the Aldington family home. It is not open every day but we are delighted to welcome visitors at one of our public events or by booking a group visit by appointment to the garden. Friends of Turn End can also book a self-guided visit to the garden throughout the year. Please find out more about visiting including directions and parking advice on our Visit & Contact page.

February 2026

Call for Trustees

Our Trustee Board is strong and we’d like to make it even stronger. The Trust is at a crucial stage where we, along with the Aldingtons, are planning the bequest and future management of their property. The Board is currently seeking to appoint new Trustees who will bring specific expertise to complement the Board’s current skills. We are specifically looking for trustees with experience in charity finance, fundraising and income generation, business skills and governance, marketing, education/community engagement and horticulture. Please email: turnendtrustevents@gmail.com for further details on Turn End Trust and a Trustee role description.

January 2026

Volunteering Opportunities

We’re looking for volunteers to join our friendly team and help care for Turn End’s beautiful listed garden, as well as support our programme of events throughout the year. Work alongside Sarah, Turn End’s gardener, with seasonal tasks and preparations for upcoming events, or join our wonderful Event Volunteers who welcome visitors as house and garden hosts, or help with refreshments and book sales. For more information please get in touch: turnendtrustevents@gmail.com or complete our online volunteer form.

July 2025

We’re a member of the Iconic Houses Network

We are thrilled to have been admitted and welcomed to the internationally and prestigious register of the Iconic Houses collection, joining over 200 modern masterpieces around the world. We joined at an exciting time for Turn End. As our ambitious project Towards Turn End 2045 develops, we look forward to sharing information and best practices, and creating new and fruitful partnership and activities with Iconic Home’s global members.

May 2025

Towards Turn End 2045 : Building the Future

We have embarked on an ambitious project called Towards Turn End 2045 : Building the Future. We are working with our friends, supporters and stakeholders to nurture new ideas and new partnerships to help Turn End grow and contribute to the community in more powerful and positive ways. Read more about our current study and be sure we will create ways for you to share your thoughts and ideas.

Watch the talk online - Turn End with Garden Masterclass

If you missed the talk about Turn End by Jackie Hunt, for Garden Masterclass you can now watch it for free on Garden Masterclass’ You Tube channel here.

Mediterranean plants for Turn End’s dry garden

In April 2025, Jackie Hunt visited Corfu on a botanical study trip to explore gardens and discover wildflowers. Since then she has been sharing her research through a report, a series of lectures and experimenting with introducing some of the plants that she admired to the dry garden here at Turn End. You can download her plant list here.

Turn End features on Grand Designs: The Streets, Series 2, Episode 3

We were delighted to hear how self builders John and Julia were inspired by Turn End for their own home at Graven Hill, Oxfordshire. In the programme, aired 27 April 2022, presenter Kevin McCloud describes Turn End as an “architectural masterpiece…a place of pilgrimage for architects and self builders”.