William Morris and Red House - Marsh Jan
William Morris and Red House - Marsh Jan Red House occupies an extraordinary place in British architectural history. It was the first independent architectural commission from his friend, Philip…
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William Morris and Red House - Marsh Jan
Red House occupies an extraordinary place in British architectural history. It was the first independent architectural commission from his friend, Philip Webb. It was the first and only house that William Morris ever built.
It had a great influence on the Arts & Crafts Movement. The challenge of furnishing the house inspired Morris to found the design firm of Morris & Co. But it is also a house that captured William Morris's heart.
He was only twenty-five when, in 1858 he decided to buy the site at Bexleyheath, just outside London, but in a rural Kentish setting. He had recently married Jane Burden, daughter of an Oxford ostler, whose particular beauty became inspiration for so much pre-Raphaelite art. With his young wife and his wealth he planned to produce a vision of earthly paradise at Red House.
Rosetti described it as 'more a poem than a house', Morris called it 'our place of
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