Despite the popularity of the style and our love of old buildings there are very few Arts & Crafts houses open to the public. The following are the most notable although there are a number of other properties that are older but contain interiors that have been re-fashioned in the style or have collections of Arts & Crafts work.
Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House, Bowness-on-Windemere, Cumbria LA23 3JT (Figs 2.9, 5.6 and 5.8), tel. 01539 446139, www.blackwell.org.uk. The best example of Arts & Crafts at it simplest and most ingenious.
Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland NE65 7PX (Fig 2.18), tel. 01699 620333 (National Trust), www.nationaltrust.org. Norman Shaw’s epic mansion.
Emery Walker’s House, 7 Hammersmith Terrace, London W6 9TS, tel. 020 8741 4104, www.emerywalker.org.uk. Well-preserved Arts & Crafts interiors.
Red House, Red House Lane, Bexleyheath, Kent DA6 8JF (Figs 1.9 and 2.22), tel. 020 8304 9878 (National Trust), www.nationaltrust.org.uk or www.friends-red-house.co.uk. William Morris’s house by Philip Webb.
Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 6PF, tel. 01285 841253, www.rodmarton-manor.co.uk. Interiors by Gimson and the Barnsleys.
Standen, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 4NE (Fig 2.23), tel. 01342 323029 (National Trust), www.nationaltrust.org.uk. The best example of the use of vernacular materials, with excellent Morris interiors.
Wightwick Manor, Wightwick Bank, Wolverhampton WV6 8EE, tel. 01902 761108 (National Trust), www.nationaltrust.org.uk. Late 19th-century Old English house with Arts & Crafts interiors.
There are also a number of houses designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh:
78 Derngate, Northampton NN1 1UH, tel. 01604 603407, www.78derngate.org.uk
The Hill House, Upper Colquhoun Street, Helensburgh G84 9AJ (Fig 5.18), tel. 0844 493 2208 (National Trust for Scotland), www.nts.org.uk
House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, Dumbreck Road, Glasgow G41 5BW (Fig 2.15), tel. 0141 353 4770, www.houseforanartlover.co.uk
The Mackintosh House, University of Glasgow, Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QQ, tel. 0141 330 5431, www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk
There are also housing estates inspired by the Arts & Crafts style, which can be visited:
Bedford Park, Turnham Green, West London (Figs 2.17 and 3.6), www.bedfordpark.org.uk
Bournville Village, Birmingham (Figs 3.7 and 3.8), www.bournville-web.net or www.bournvillevillage.com
Hampstead Garden Suburb, North London NW11 7AG (Fig 3.15), www.hgs.org.uk
Letchworth Garden City: First Garden City Heritage Museum, 296 Norton Way South, Letchworth, Hertfordshire SG6 1SU (Figs 3.11 and 3.12), tel. 01462 48271, www.gardencitymuseum.org
Port Sunlight, Wirral, Mersyside CH62 5DX (Figs 3.1, 3.9 and 3.10), tel. 0151 644 6466, www.portsunlightvillage.com
There are also a number of museums and galleries that have collections of Arts & Crafts work:
Birmingham Musem and Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3DH, tel. 0121 303 2834, www.bmag.org.uk
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Church Street, Brighton BN 1EE tel. 03000 290900, www.brighton-museum.rpml.org.uk
Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Clarence Street, Cheltenham GL50 3JT, tel. 01242 237431, www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk or www.artsandcraftsmuseum.org.uk. One of the finest collections of Arts & Crafts work in the world.
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, 82 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QQ, tel. 0141 330 4221, www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk
The Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Hertfordshire EN4 8HT, tel. 020 8411 5244, www.moda.mdx.ac.uk
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL, tel. 020 7942 2000, www.vam.ac.uk
The Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER, tel. 0161 275 7450, www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk
William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road, London E17 4PP, tel. 020 8496 4390, www.walthamforest.gov.uk/william-morris
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