Philip Webb

Philip Speakman Webb (12 January, 1831 – 17 April 1915) was an English architect — sometimes called The Father of Arts and Crafts Architecture.

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12 January - 1831 - 17 April - 1915 - English - Architect - Arts and Crafts

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Born in Oxford, Webb studied at Aynho in Northamptonshire and was then articled to a firm of builder-architects in Reading, Berkshire. He then moved to London where he eventually became a junior assistant for G. E. Street. While there he met William Morris in 1856 and then started his own practice in 1858.

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Oxford - Aynho - Northamptonshire - Reading - Berkshire - William Morris - 1856 - 1858

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He is particularly noted as the designer of Red House at Bexleyheath, south-east London in 1859 and — towards the end of his career — the house Standen (near East Grinstead in West Sussex), both with William Morris. These were among several works in his favoured niche: country houses.

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Red House - Bexleyheath - London - 1859 - Standen - East Grinstead - West Sussex

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William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti were three of his fellow partners in the interior decorating and furnishing business, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.

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Edward Burne-Jones - Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.

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Webb and Morris formed an important part of the Arts and Crafts movement, and founded the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in 1877.

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Arts and Crafts movement - Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings - 1877

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