William Harrison Cowlishaw
W. H. Cowlishaw | |
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 The Cloisters in Letchworth | |
| Born | 1869 |
| Died | 1957 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | The Cloisters (Letchworth) |
| Projects | Commonwealth War Graves Commission sites around Ypres |
William Harrison Cowlishaw (1869–1957) was a British architect of the European Arts and Crafts school and a follower of William Morris.[1]
He lived in
Letchworth Garden City, planned as a theosophical meditation centre and open-air school and which opened in 1907.[3]
An earlier work was "The Cearne" in Crockham Hill, Kent, a house designed for Russian-translator Constance Garnett and her literary-editor husband Edward Garnett.[1] It was built in 1896. Cowlishaw married Edward Garnett's youngest sister, Lucy, in April 1897.[4]
At the end of
France under Sir Frederic G. Kenyon, the commission's advisor on architecture and layout.[5]
His work included the
Devonshire, all around the area of Ypres
.
At the commission, he worked with Charles Holden,[5] a relationship that continued after the memorial work was completed.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "William Harrison Cowlishaw." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Oxford University Press, 1999, 2006. Answers.com accessed 13 October 2007
- ^ Owen Hardisty (March 1997). "George Adams, Socialist sandal maker and Letchworth pioneer". The Letchworth Garden City Society Journal. The Letchworth Garden City Society. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
- ^ "A Cloistered Life". Utopia Britannica: British Utopian Experiments 1325–1945. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
- ^ Constance Garnett: A Heroic Life by Richard Garnett
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85894-374-9.
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