Close-up of dormer

Philip Speakmann Webb

1859-60

Red brick and tiling

Morris's Red House

Bexleyheath, Greater London

The windows of the house are among its most unusual features, because they were positioned according to the internal arrangement of the rooms and the need for light, rather than for external appearance, and are of a variety of types — "a quirky mixture of tall casements, hipped dormers, round-headed sash-windows and bull's-eye windows" (Red House 7).

Photograph, caption, and commentary by Jacqueline Banerjee, 2009. With special thanks to Sally Roberson of the National Trust at Red House.

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Other Views

• Red House from the Well Courtyard
• Tall narrow window on the eastern front, with sloping sill
• The end of the L-shaped part, where Morris's studio was (on the upper floor)
• Tiling in the garden porch near the well, with Morris's initial and motto ("Si Je Puis")
• Front elevation with main entrance
• Detail of decorated window at front
• Detail of window hoods on front elevation
• West front
• Close-up of oriel window, with catches for sunblind
• Close-up of dormer
• Side gate, leading from east to west front
• The stables
• Morris's weathervane
• Blue plaque on the garden wall
• Architectural Drawings for the Red House
• Details of the roof over the well

Discussions

• "Red House: Spatial Enclave of the Later Pre-Raphaelites."
• "Morris's Red House as a Palace of Art"
• Robert Furneaux Jordan on the historical importance of the Red House

Reference and Further Reading

Red House: Bexleyheath. Swindon: The National Trust, 2003.

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Last modified 8 March 2009