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Brief notes on the Victorian architect Philip Webb from Bob Speel.
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Philip Speakman Webb (1831-1915) The architect and designer Philip Webb worked an apprenticeship for G. E. Street, at whose practice he met William Morris in 1856. He set up an architectural practice in 1858, and in 1859 was the designer of the Red House,...Seminal Arts and Crafts house designed by Philip Webb for William Morris. The Friends of the Red House supply photographs and brief history.
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Red House The unique well in the south garden RED HOUSE Bexleyheath, Kent. The Home Of William Morris A tribute to Ted Doris Hollamby. Introduction Interiors Exterior Friends of Red House Link http www.friends-red-house.co.uk/ In 1952 Ted and Doris Hollamby moved into...A page on the history of the Society, which was founded by William Morris and Philip Webb in 1877 to counteract the highly destructive 'restoration' of medieval buildings being practised by many Victorian architects. Philip Webb was the leading light of this group and a number of young architects trained under his guidance.
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SPAB Education British national amenity societies, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings also introduced the first post-graduate specialist training in building conservation in the 1930s. The founding members of the Society who advocated a policy of sensitive, conservative repair (rather...Brief biography from the Victorian Web. Some examples of his arts and crafts work for Morris and Co.
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Philip (Philippe) Speakman Webb: An Overview He was educated at an old foundation grammar school in Northamptonshire, where he was not happy, and soon after his father's death when he was only fifteen he was articled to a Reading architect, John Billing. After a short unhappy...