Alfred Hoare Powell

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Alfred Hoare Powell
Born14 April 1865
Reading, Berkshire
Died1960
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsBrandsby Hall, Yorkshire Bedales School
ProjectsLong Copse, Ewhurst, Surrey

Alfred Hoare Powell (1865–1960) was an English Arts and Crafts architect, and designer and painter of pottery.

Career

Alfred Powell was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 14 April 1865, the son of Thomas Edward Powell by Emma Corrie.

He was the architectural pupil of

Ada Louise Powell, née Lessore (1882-1956),[1] was the daughter of an artist, and studied embroidery, calligraphy and illuminating. Together Alfred and Louise Powell became celebrated as pottery designers for Wedgwoods. They hand-painted many thousands of pieces themselves and trained "paintresses" for Wedgwood. They collaborated on the revitalisation of the arts and crafts, rejecting industrialisation and designing furniture decoration, embroidery and ceramics, and encouraging a communitarian spirit in the South Cotswolds
.

Alfred Powell with the younger architect

National Trust and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
.

Fireplace tiles designed by Powell

Architectural works

Powell's architectural works include a number of works for

G.F. Watts as the most beautiful house in Surrey
.

His architectural work is described in Michael Drury's book, Wandering Architects: In Pursuit of an Arts and Crafts Ideal.[4]

He built a summer home and pottery studio in Tarlton (51°41′29″N 2°03′57″W / 51.6913°N 2.0659°W / 51.6913; -2.0659 (Studio Cottage, Tarlton)). Now called Studio Cottage, it is a Grade II listed (2010) timber-framed house, with large grounds and a semi-circular

Arts and Crafts features and original fittings, including some Gimson works. The pottery studio is a long thatched roofed building used by the Powells in their pottery design business, and to train local workers for Wedgwood.[1]

Alfred Powell edited the memorial volume to his friend Ernest Gimson, Ernest Gimson: his life and work (1924), with contributions by

F.L. Griggs
.

Literature and Sources

Notes

  1. ^ a b c British listed buildings: Studio Cottage, Rodmarton Accessed 1 November 2012
  2. ^ "Building & Rebuilding". The Last Squire of Brandsby: Agricultural & Social Reformer. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Molly Bernhard-Smith". stnicholasatwade.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. ^ Drury 2000, pp. 45–61.
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