Philip Webb

Philip Speakman Webb ( born January 12, 1831 in Oxford, † April 17, 1915 in Worth, Sussex ) was an English architect who is known as father of the " Arts and Crafts " architecture.

Life

1856 Webb got to know William Morris and built in 1859 for Morris whose house " Red House " in Bexleyheath southeast of London. Webb and Morris designed a significant part of the "Arts and Crafts " movement and founded in 1877 the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Webb also participated in Morris ' Socialist Federation and became its treasurer.

Works

• Red House (London), Bexleyheath (1859 )
• Sandroyd, now Benfleet Hall, Cobham, Surrey ( 1860)
• Cranmer Hall wing, Fakenham ( c 1860) and Coach House (1860 )
• Arisaig House, Highland (1863, rebuilt)
• 1 Palace Green, London ( 1868)
• 19 Lincoln 's Inn Fields, London ( 1868)
• The West House, 35 Glebe Place, Chelsea, London ( 1868-9 ) for George Price Boyce
• Joldwyns, Surrey (1873 )
• Smeaton Manor, Yorkshire (1878 )
• Four Gables, Green Lane House, Brampton, Cumbria
• St Martin 's Church, Brampton (1878 )
• Conyhurst, Surrey (1885 )
• Clouds House, Wiltshire ( 1886)
• Naworth Castle, Cumbria
• Standen, West Sussex (1892-1894)
• Bell & Co Ltd ( offices ), Zetland Road, Middlesbrough (1891 )
• Rounton Grange, near Middlesbrough ( Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell for ) - subsequently destroyed
• Fort Hampton Court, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire ( 1889-92 )
• Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire ( 1874-7 )

• Architect ( United Kingdom)
• Briton
• Born in 1831
• Died in 1915
• Man