Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, Chelsea, an Arts and Crafts masterpiece Amidst the bustle of Sloane Square and the King’s Road, Holy Trinity offers an oasis of calm. It is also one of the most beautiful churches in England. One looks up in awe at the magnificent east window, the largest stained-glass window produced byContinue reading “Anne’s Pocket Guide to…. Oscar Wilde’s London”
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Arts and Crafts Houses in Surrey a talk by Dr Anne Anderson
Mole Valley Arts Alive Festival 2021 7.15 to 8.45 (BST) Thursday Oct 14, 2021 zoom talk Leatherhead Community Association Arts and Crafts Houses in Surrey by Dr Anne AndersonThe railways tempted the nouveau-riche to migrate to Surrey. Who influenced the style of the houses they built and where can they be seen? For the newContinue reading “Arts and Crafts Houses in Surrey a talk by Dr Anne Anderson”
Anne’s Pocket Guide to…the Arts and Crafts in the Cotswolds
Chipping Campden: Ashbee’s Guild of Handicrafts Considering their up-market status today, it’s hard to believe that at the close of the 19th century the Cotswolds were ‘depressed’. The agricultural recession of the 1880s, leading to falling land rents, resulted in a rural decline. When Charles Robert Ashbee (1863-1942) was seeking the perfect place to relocateContinue reading “Anne’s Pocket Guide to…the Arts and Crafts in the Cotswolds”
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