The Avon Tyrrell Estate, and its connection with William Lethaby and Detmar Blow

Event details

Sunday 2nd February
11.00 - 4.30pm
£10 per person

Join the SPAB Devon, Dorset and Hampshire Groups for a great day exploring the Avon Tyrrell Estate, including a look at a remarkable Grade I-listed church with connections to WIlliam Morris. 

11.00 - 12.00
All Saints Church, Burley Road, Thorney Hill, Bransgore.

Set back from the road, the church of All Saints, Grade I-listed, is a remarkable example of Edwardian Baroque designed 1905 by architect Detmar Blow, a close friend of William Morris. It contains work by Eric Gill and a notable mural on the east wall in memory of Lady Manners painted in 1922 by Phoebe Anna Traquair.

Refreshments will be available; donations welcome.

2.00 - 4.30
Avon Tyrrell House

Built in 1891 for 3rd Baron Manners.  Grade I-listed, it was the first commission given by Norman Shaw to his Chief Clerk, Barnstaple born and trained, William Lethaby, who as a close friend of William Morris and Philip Webb, soon became involved in The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.  Designed as a calendar house, with 365 windows, 52 rooms, 12 chimneys, 7 external doors and 4 wings it is the last to be built in Britain.  In 1946 the 4th Lord Manners gave the house to a charitable trust and is still the centre for "UKYouth" a national youth work charity and activity centre.

Refreshments available after a tour of the house and grounds.

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