HISTORY

At Standen

by Patricia Poore

Philip Webb, the architect and friend of William Morris who designed Red House for Morris in 1859, hit the mark at Standen. This is the 1892 vernacular house Webb designed for the Beale family in southwest Surrey, a house that provides fresh inspiration and undiminished appeal every time it is studied. Bold and timeless, carefully but inevitably sited in the rolling landscape, decorated with Morris papers and textiles inside, it is a showpiece of the English Arts and Crafts movement.

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