Main entry:

Stutchbury, Anne, author.

Title & Author:

Standen : Philip Webb, Morris & Co. and the creation of an arts and crafts home / Anne Stutchbury, Tessa Wild, Stephen Ponder and Alice M. Strickland.

Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press : published in association with the National Trust, [2025]
©2025

Description:

272 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 251-259) and index.
Dwelling on family history / Anne Stutchbury -- A house in the country / Tessa Wild -- A beautiful house and a practical home / Anne Stutchbury and Tessa Wild -- Decorating Standen: antiques and objets d'art from far and wide / Anne Stutchbury -- Inspired by nature: Margaret Beale's garden artistry / Anne Stutchbury and Tessa Wild -- Working spaces and a rural community / Stephen Ponder and Tessa Wild -- Community relations: country pursuits, patronage and philanthropy / Anne Stutchbury -- Rescue and remaking / Alice M. Strickland.

Summary:

"In 1891, James Beale, a wealthy, middle-class Unitarian solicitor from Birmingham, commissioned architect Philip Webb to design a holiday home in the Sussex countryside. The Beale family remained sole owners of the property until Helen Beale, James and Margaret Beale's last surviving child, bequeathed the estate to the National Trust in 1972. Although Standen is recognised by architectural historians as a fine and complete example of Philip Webb's Arts and Crafts architecture of the period and is widely celebrated for its Morris & Co. wallpapers and furnishings, little has been written about how the family experienced the house, garden and estate, and the extent to which this shaped Standen's later life under the National Trust. This book fills the void, focusing on the Beales' lived experience and how they collaborated with Philip Webb in the creation of Standen. Historic photographs and material from the family and estate archives, relating to both the property and its magnificent collection, reveal the extent to which the Beales' appreciation for the Arts and Crafts Movement influenced the creation of Standen's decorative interior, its gardens and the wider estate, from 1890 to the present day. Based on extensive new research, this lavishly illustrated publication weaves a rich historical context for Standen and its stories of human experience"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780300265941 hardback
0300265948 hardback

Subject:

Webb, Philip, 1831-1915.
Morris & Co. (London, England)
Standen (East Grinstead, West Sussex)
Country homes England East Grinstead History.
Interior decoration.
Décoration intérieure.
Maisons de campagne Angleterre East Grinstead Histoire.
Country homes History.
England
England East Grinstead

Added entries:

Ponder, Stephen, author.
Strickland, Alice (Curator), author.
Wild, Tessa, author.
National Trust (Great Britain), issuing body.

Standen : Phil[l]ip Webb, Morris & Co. and the creation of an arts and crafts home

Holdings:

Location: Library main 322397
Call No.: 322397
Copy: 1
Status: Available