Architect. Born Oxford. 1856 moved to London and joined the circles around the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. William Morris used him to design the Red House. Also designed Prinsep's house at 1 Holland Park Road and the workshops in Worship Street. Co-founder of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Died at home in Sussex.
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Philip Webb
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The Red House
Red House, built in 1859 - 60 by Philip Webb, architect, for William Morris, ...
Worship Street workshops
91 - 101 Worship Street. Built as workshops and dwellings. Designed by Philip...
Other Subjects
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1 memorial
Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson, C.H., K.C.V.O., P.R.A., R.D.I.
Hugh Casson was an architect, notably for the 1951 Festival of Britain and the London Zoo Elephant House. President of the Royal Academy (PRA) from 1976 to 1984. He was also president of The Frie...
1 memorial
Frank Meisler
Architect and sculptor. Born Danzig. Arrived in England via the Kindertransport. Active in 2006. Art Forum obit. Born in what was then Danzig and is now Gdansk, Poland. Meisler was himself one of t...
Person, Architecture, Sculpture, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland
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Edmond Egan, ARIBA
Architect. Designed Lopping Hall in 1883. It was built by his brother, John. From Epping Forest Guardian we learnt that in 1881 Egan built a house for himself on the High Road, very close to Loppi...
1 memorial
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Helen Carte
Born Wigtown, Scotland as Susan Helen Couper Black. Later changed "Black" to "Lenoir", apparently the family's original name in 17th century France. Starting as secretary to Richard D'Oyly Carte s...
1 memorial
Giles Lytton Strachey
Critic and biographer known professionally as Lytton Strachey. At Cambridge he joined The Apostles. Was a prominent conscientious objector in WW1. His Wikipedia page gives a comprehensive overvi...
2 memorials
Gregory Gunne
From Catholic Herald:The convent’s very existence fulfils the prophecy made in 1585 by Fr Gregory Gunne when, during his own trial, he rebuked an Elizabethan court for having sentenced St Edmund Ca...
1 memorial
Mrs Catherine Smithies
Born as Catherine Bywater. Founded the Band of Mercy movement in Britain. She also campaigned against slavery but we can find no details. Her home, Earlham Grove House, built c.1865, has also been...
1 memorial
Merchant Taylors' School
Founded in 1561 by Sir Thomas White and originally at St Lawrence Pountney, EC4. In 1875 moved to newly built premised at Charterhouse, mainly to enable expansion. But by 1929 it had been decided t...
3 memorials
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