Red House Bexleyheath Floor Plan
Modern architecture since 1890.
Red house bexleyheath floor plan. The red house was the first independent project as an architect for webb and is the only house that was ever built by morris. The open plan living spaces are unified with a black concrete floor and animated by a wood burning stove housed within the exposed concrete plinth of the chimney whose red brick stack rises up. John julius norwich ed. By road m25 junction 2 to a2 for bexleyheath.
More of philip webb designed furniture dominates in the dining room a large dresser originally dragon s blood red stands at one end. Trains run directly from london victoria london charing cross and london cannon street. Ars longa vita brevis life is short art is forever. Second floor plan p23.
Badly drawn dad cc by nc nd 2 0 other original built in furniture is present in the main living room on the second floor notably a fireplace painted with morris s motto. Next to it an embroidery of aphrodite made by the talented hands of jane morris and her sister elizabeth burden. Morris was strongly in favour of the authenticity and quality achieved in the hand made products instead of machine made soulless merchandise during the on going industrial revolution. Paining on the settle at red house bexleyheath.
Exit danson interchange and follow a221 bexleyheath parking. Following an education at the university of oxford morris decided to construct a rural house for. On the ground floor is the kitchen the library a morning room large hall and dining room. Red house red house lane upton bexleyheath.
First floor plan p23. Sources on the red house. It is designed to an l shaped plan with two stories and a high pitched roof that looks like a witches hat. William morris and philip webb living room fireplace in red house 1860 bexleyheath england photo.
The red house was designed specifically to fit the need of philip webb s client william morris. The nearest train station to red house is bexleyheath.