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Alfred Hoare Powell
Alfred Hoare Powell (1865–1960) was an English Arts and Crafts architect, and designer and painter of pottery.
Alfred Powell was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 14 April 1865, the son of Thomas Edward Powell and Emma Corrie.
Powell was the architectural pupil of John Dando Sedding, working in the "crafted Gothic" tradition inspired by the art critic and philosopher John Ruskin.
He was briefly engaged to diarist Olive Garnett in 1897. Powell married Ada Louise Powell, née Lessore (1882–1956); the daughter of an artist, she had studied embroidery, calligraphy and illuminating.[clarification needed]
Alfred and Louise Powell became celebrated as pottery designers for Wedgwood. They hand-painted many thousands of pieces and trained "paintresses" for Wedgwood. They collaborated on the revitalisation of the arts and crafts, rejecting industrialisation and designing furniture decoration, embroidery and ceramics, and encouraging a communitarian spirit in the South Cotswolds.
Powell, with the younger architect Norman Jewson, was the most significant associate of Ernest Gimson and the brothers Ernest and Sidney Barnsley at Sapperton, in Gloucestershire, in the Cotswold Arts and Crafts revival. He settled nearby at Gurners Farm, Oakridge Lynch in 1902, but sold the house in 1916, and moved to The Thatched House, Tunley near Oakridge, in the 1920s, and later lived at Tarlton near Rodmarton.
He worked with Detmar Blow and F.W. Troup for both the National Trust and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
Powell's architectural works include a number of works for Hugh Fairfax-Cholmeley, Squire of Brandsby, Yorkshire. He designed extensive modifications and extensions for Hugh's house at Mill Hill (original architect, Detmar Blow), changing it from a simple house designed for community living, to the desirable residence it remains to today. He designed the gardens, both flower and kitchen gardens, the gates and all external features.
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Alfred Hoare Powell
Alfred Hoare Powell (1865–1960) was an English Arts and Crafts architect, and designer and painter of pottery.
Alfred Powell was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 14 April 1865, the son of Thomas Edward Powell and Emma Corrie.
Powell was the architectural pupil of John Dando Sedding, working in the "crafted Gothic" tradition inspired by the art critic and philosopher John Ruskin.
He was briefly engaged to diarist Olive Garnett in 1897. Powell married Ada Louise Powell, née Lessore (1882–1956); the daughter of an artist, she had studied embroidery, calligraphy and illuminating.[clarification needed]
Alfred and Louise Powell became celebrated as pottery designers for Wedgwood. They hand-painted many thousands of pieces and trained "paintresses" for Wedgwood. They collaborated on the revitalisation of the arts and crafts, rejecting industrialisation and designing furniture decoration, embroidery and ceramics, and encouraging a communitarian spirit in the South Cotswolds.
Powell, with the younger architect Norman Jewson, was the most significant associate of Ernest Gimson and the brothers Ernest and Sidney Barnsley at Sapperton, in Gloucestershire, in the Cotswold Arts and Crafts revival. He settled nearby at Gurners Farm, Oakridge Lynch in 1902, but sold the house in 1916, and moved to The Thatched House, Tunley near Oakridge, in the 1920s, and later lived at Tarlton near Rodmarton.
He worked with Detmar Blow and F.W. Troup for both the National Trust and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
Powell's architectural works include a number of works for Hugh Fairfax-Cholmeley, Squire of Brandsby, Yorkshire. He designed extensive modifications and extensions for Hugh's house at Mill Hill (original architect, Detmar Blow), changing it from a simple house designed for community living, to the desirable residence it remains to today. He designed the gardens, both flower and kitchen gardens, the gates and all external features.