Basic Site Details Name: | Willersey House | Town, district or village: | Willersey (nr Broadway) | City or county: | Gloucestershire/Worcestershire | Country: | England | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Built using many features from Top Farm, a former seventeenth-century farmhouse in the village. Situated in Willersey in Gloucestershire, but close to Broadway, which is across the county border in Worcestershire. The proposals aroused controversy with objections from Mary Anderson, Lord Lifford, Guy Dawber and SPAB. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Top Farm | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1907 | | Design exhibited | Prentice's original design | | 1911 | 1912 | Construction | To modified design | | 1912 | | Design exhibited | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Andrew Noble Prentice | | | 1907 | 1912 | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Davey, Murray | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gordon, Catherine | 2009 | Cotswold Arts & Crafts Architecture | | Chichester: Phillimore | p181 | | Royal Academy exhibitors | | | | | 1912, no 1606 | | The Modern Building Record | 1913 | The Modern Building Record | Volume 4 | London: Wertheimer, Lea & Co | pp232-7 | | Verey, David and Brooks, Alan | 1999 | Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds (The Buildings of England) | 3rd Edition, 1 | London: Penguin Books | p725 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | RIBA Biographical Files | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Drawings Collection | PB680/1; PB773/4 | |
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