We have quite a bit of modern furniture and in a conversation with a recent visitor she expresses a strong preference for a more traditional flair. A former neighbour, Alan Day would have full-heartedly concurred and I thought I show how he designed his Studio in what I believe took more than 10 years.
The Hallway in Alan's former Studio
Alan stayed as close as he could to the original idea of the house, thus he made the front room (in our house now a library) a presentation room – here the Bachelor Artist according to the original plan would have entertained clients. This room could have been decorated by William Morris himself.
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The studio was there for work and would probably not have been shown, although I am sure Alan did make exceptions to this rule…
Alan was an architect and worked in the studio
After Alan’s demise the house was sold and the furnishings sold at an amazing auction at Bonham’s (I got none of the lots I bid for).
Hi, I love this image of the interior of one of St Paul’s Studios. I’m writing a book about the architecture of home-based work and would like to include it in my book. Do you know who I should contact?
Frances Holliss
To me
But to make it easier I have send you an email.
Christian
Driving past the window this morning on a rare visit to London I noticed (how could one fail to notice?) your URL promotion. I’ve often wondered what lies behind the fabulous façade of your terrace, and now I know! Thank you for sharing the superb photographs.
Hello,
a very interesting read. i recently discovered that my 3xGreat aunt (and uncle by marriage) lived at number 6, for a good number of years. He was an artist named [William Albert] Darent Harrison, i haven’t seen any of his work, but
found this thought you might like to see other names in the area:
“She [Gertrude Demain Hammond] married Henry George McMurdie (1860-1948) in London on 14 June 1898 and the couple lived at St. Paul’s Studios in Hammersmith, something of an artists’ colony where her neighbours included fellow artists Arthur D. May, Sir Philip Browne-Jones, George H. Sephton, Darent Harrison, Lilian Etherington, Herbert Sidney and Frederic de Haenen.”
you can also see some of this lot on the 1901 census, though it claims Herbert Sidney amongst others, to be Darent H’s son….pretty sure thats wrong!
But what is of interest is his wife (my relative) Isabella Eliza (nee Tait) Harrison, better known as Mrs Darent Harrison an author and a well-known sufferagette in the (Hastings, where they were living by 1911) St Leonards Tax Resistance League.
http://sniggle.net/Experiment/index5.php?entry=15Jul10 (worth a look, there is more on this site about her too, and elsewhere) she also co-founded ‘St. Leonards Women’s Suffrage Propaganda League’ and (allegedly) co-founded the London Lyceum club.
Thanks for pics,its great to see the interiors, wish i had a room like that studio!! what a window!!!
cheers,
Charlii