Kelmscott Manor In The Cotswolds.
Kelmscott Manor is a limestone manor house in the Cotswolds village of Kelmscott, in West Oxfordshire, southern England. It dates from around 1570, with a late 17th-century wing, and is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England. It is situated close to the River Thames, and it is frequently flooded. The nearest town is Faringdon in the Vale of the White Horse.
The house was built by local farmer Thomas Turner and remained in the family for many generations. After George Turner died in 1734, the house was rented out. The house was originally called Lower House, but became Kelmscott Manor when James Turner (d.1870) purchased 53½ acres of manorial land together with the lordship in 1864. After James died the manor passed to his nephew, Charles Hobbs, who let out the property.
Kelmscott Manor was the country home of the writer, designer and socialist William Morris from 1871 until his death in 1896. Today it is owned by the Society of Antiquaries of London, and is open to the public on Wednesdays and Saturdays during the summer.
Morris drew great inspiration from the unspoilt authenticity of the house's architecture and craftsmanship, and its organic relationship with its setting, especially its garden. The Manor is featured in Morris' work News from Nowhere. It also appears in the background of Water Willow, a portrait of his wife, Jane Morris, painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1871.
After William Morris's death in 1896, the Manor continued to be occupied by his widow, Jane Morris (who purchased it in 1913) and later, his daughters. May Morris died in 1938 and bequeathed the house to Oxford University, on the basis the contents were preserved and the public were granted access. The University were unwilling to preserve the house as 'a museum piece' and passed the house and land to the Society of Antiquaries in 1962.
The internal decor today is substantially that of Morris, and includes many of his famous textile patterns as well as much of his furniture. There is a display of his textile designs in the converted loft, which would originally have been used for farm labourers. His bedroom contains many of his original books, and a collection of Dürer prints.
The garden includes many old trees, including a very old black mulberry at the rear of the house. The front garden is walled with a summer house in one corner, and both the wall and the summerhouse are Grade II listed. The front garden contains many standard roses. Although part of the original orchard has been removed to make a small car park, many fruit trees have been left intact.
William Morris named his London residence Kelmscott House and the private press that he founded the Kelmscott Press after Kelmscott. He was buried in the village churchyard in a tomb designed by his friend and colleague Philip Webb.
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Kelmscott: How it Was Saved
Video by Dick Dufty and Peter Locke, Kelmscott: How It Was Saved.
Produced by Art of Memory for Kelmscott Manor and the Society of Antiquaries of London. All rights reserved.
This film highlights the important conservation and repairs to Kelmscott Manor undertaken by the Society of Antiquaries of London in the 1960s - work that saved this important landmark and its internationally significant collections for future generations.
Kelmscott Manor
Kelmscott Manor was the country home of William Morris, social theorist, man of letters and designer. Presenter Loyd Grossman takes us on a journey through his house and gardens to show how they inspired Morris and why they must be preserved for future generations. Kelmscott Manor is is owned and managed by the Society of Antiquaries.
Support Kelmscott Manor - William Morris's Cotswold retreat
Kelmscott Manor, an extremely beautiful Grade 1 listed Manor house on the river Thames, is perhaps the most evocative of all the houses associated with William Morris.
If you would like to support the future conservation and development of this special place, please make a donation, become a Friend or Patron of Kelmscott Manor, or get in touch with to discuss other ways to support the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Kelmscott Kit's Travels Kelmscott Home of William Morris
Kit the mouse visits Kelmscott Gloucestershire home of William Morris
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Kelmscott Manor - William Morris' summer home.
From One Foot in the Past. Barbara Castle (former Secretary of State for Social Services) visits the home of designer and fellow socialist William Morris. Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire was Willam and Jane (Janey) Morris' summer home from 1871, which was leased jointly with painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It was also where Morris' children, May and Jenny, continued to live into the 20th century. The house is now open to the public: kelmscottmanor.org.uk. From One Foot in the Past c.1996.
Private Dining at Kelmscott Manor
Informational video about a unique opportunity to dine at Kelmscott Manor, former Cotswold retreat of William Morris and his family and friends. Contact Kelmscott Manor at 01367 253348 or admin@kelmscottmanor.org.uk for more information. Kelmscott Manor is located in Kelmscott, near Lechlade, GL7 3HJ.
August 2013. This video was recorded at Kelmscott Manor, which is owned and managed by the Society of Antiquaries of London. All rights reserved by the Society of Antiquaries of London (sal.org.uk).
Kelmscott Manor by Frederick H. Evans 1896
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Kelmscott Manor by Frederick H. Evans 1896
Kelmscott Manor was the country home of William Morris (1834-1896), poet, craftsman, designer, socialist reformer, and founder of the English Arts and Crafts movement.
He and his wife Jane shared the house with the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti from 1871 to 1874, and it remained a country retreat for Morris and the artists and intellectuals in his circle until his death.
At Morris' request, the bookseller and photographer Evans visited the old gray manor on the banks of the Thames in order to photograph it. This rare album, one of only two known to exist, was assembled by the photographer and contains thirty-one platinum prints, each carefully mounted on colored papers.
In this photograph, Evans infused the bare and rambling space of the attic with a sense of harmony and spirituality that would later characterize his photographs of England's great cathedrals.
Green Green Grass Of Home - Joan Baez
If I Can: Kelmscott Manor Artist in Residence, Sasha Ward
Architectural glass artist and designer Sasha Ward became the first artist in residence at Kelmscott Manor, the Cotswold retreat of William Morris and his family, in 2014.
This film by R&A Collaborations looks at Sasha's experiences while being Artist in Residence at Kelmscott Manor, and how she has found inspiration there after exploring the house and grounds over several months, running workshops and creating new designs. It also features Property Manger Sarah Parker, who shares her thoughts about having an artist in residence for the first time and how it has attracted a new audience to the Manor.
Kelmscott Manor is the former Cotswold retreat of William Morris, his family and his friends. It is owned by the Society of Antiquaries of London (registered charity no. 207230), and is a historic house and museum open to the public between April and October each year.
Find out more at kelmscottmanor.org.uk.
Read Sasha's blog about her experiences at sashaward.co.uk/blog.
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Pics of Kelmscott Manor and village: country retreat of William Morris
Kelmscott Manor: Inspiring Textile Design (Linda Parry)
In this video, Linda Parry, FSA, describes the way Kelmscott Manor and the surrounding countryside inspired William Morris's textile designs.
This video was produced by Art of Memory for Kelmscott Manor and the Society of Antiquaries of London. All rights reserved.
A Visit to Kelmscott, home of William Morris
A Visit to Kelmscott, home of William Morris.
Deep in the English countryside
is the village of Kelmscott
and Kelmscott House,
home of William Morris
A path leads from
Kelmscott House down to
the meandering River Thames
with boats, swans and wild roses.
Willow trees line
the banks of the river.
Descendants of those
painted by Rossetti.
The path back to Kelmscott Village
takes you past old houses,
fields with curious horses and
memories of William Morris.
The ancient village church
with old wall murals and windows.
Our journey ends
in graveyard
at the family tomb of
William and Jane Morris
and their two daughters.
R.I.P.
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Married Life: William and Jane Morris (Dorothy Wise)
In this video, Dorothy Wise discusses the trials and triumphs of love between William and Jane Morris, and Jane's affair with Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
This video was produced by Art of Memory for Kelmscott Manor and the Society of Antiquaries of London. All rights reserved.
Kelmscott Part One
Kelmscott is best known from it's association with William Morris who bought Kelmscott Manor and lived there with with his wife Jane and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It is an idyllic Cotswold village lost in a maze of country lanes on the upper reaches of the River Thames. Indeed William Morris would row from his home in London, Kelmscott House to his country retreat Kelmscott Manor.
The church is a wonderful survival, unchanged since the 16th century and the north transept of this small cruciform building has a rare scheme of 13th century wall paintings. The east window preserves an attractive 15th century panel depicting St George on horseback slaying the dragon. Also of interest is the is the bell-cote which contains an early 13th century bell, one of the earliest in England.
Kelmscott is beautifully preserved with stone slab fences, Gloucestershire cattle and a fine pub. Kelmscott Manor is open to the public Wednesday and Saturday and is of great interest to enthusiasts of the Arts and Crafts movement.
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Understanding William Morris Through Kelmscott Manor (Peter Cormack)
In this video, Kelmscott Manor's Honorary Curator Peter Cormack (FSA) explains how visitors to Kelmscott Manor can gain a better understanding of William Morris and his work while exploring the manor house and estate.
This video was produced by Art of Memory for Kelmscott Manor and the Society of Antiquaries of London. All rights reserved.
A visit with William Morris at Kelmscott Manor
Don't you love William Morris? Is there anything more Bloomsbury, Arts and Crafts than his revival of British textiles?
Come visit his beautiful country home where he lived with his wife Jane, the muse for most of the paintings and tapestries, and his daughters.
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Kelmscott Manor was the home of William Morris, founder of the Arts and Crafts movement. This is a preview of the Manor and Gardens.
Chaucer, The Works, Kelmscott Press, 1896. Peter Harrington Rare Books.
(KELMSCOTT PRESS.) CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Works, now newly imprinted. Hammersmith: printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1896.
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Large folio (421 x 280 mm). Twentieth-century blue morocco over reverse bevelled boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt panelled spine (gilt tooled on the raised bands with a fleur-de-lis motif), single-line gilt border on sides, three-line gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Housed in a morocco trimmed blue cloth, fleece-lined slipcase. Printed in black and red in Chaucer type, the titles of longer poems printed in Troy type. Double columns. With 87 woodcut illustrations after Sir Edward Burne-Jones, redrawn by Robert Catterson-Smith and cut by W. H. Hooper, woodcut title-page, 14 variously repeated woodcut borders, 18 variously repeated woodcut frames around illustrations, 27 nineteen-line woodcut initial words, numerous three-, six-, and ten-line woodcut initial letters, and woodcut printer’s device, all designed by William Morris, and cut by C. E. Keates, W. H. Hooper, and W. Spielmeyer. Spine lightly sunned, a few scuffs to slipcase, a fine copy.
One of 425 paper copies; there were 13 on vellum. “The Kelmscott Chaucer is not only the most important of the Kelmscott Press’s productions; it is also one of the great books of the world. Its splendour can hardly be matched among the books of the time” (Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England). The paper is made entirely of linen by Batchelor, with a Morris-designed watermark copied from an Italian incunable in his own library. The text is from Skeat’s new edition of Chaucer, by permission of the Clarendon Press. The illustrations are by Burne-Jones, who spent every Sunday for almost three years on the drawings, which were then transferred to woodblocks by W. H. Hooper and R. Catterson-Smith under Burne-Jones’s close supervision. Burne-Jones called the book “a pocket cathedral … it is so full of design, and the finest book ever printed; if W. M. had done nothing else it would be enough.” The most ambitious and magnificent book of the Press, the Kelmscott Chaucer presented unusual problems as regards the binding. After a trial binding in the usual limp vellum was rejected for its lack of stability, the book was issued in either the standard Kelmscott binding of quarter holland boards or in full pigskin by the Doves Bindery. The quarter holland boards were essentially too flimsy for such a large book, so many copies were subsequently put into commissioned morocco bindings, such as this.
Chaucer, The Works, Kelmscott Press, 1896. Peter Harrington Rare Books.
Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press Edition
A work described as 'perfect ... both in design and in the quality of the printing...the last and the most magnificent, the Kelmscott Chaucer' (Printing and the Mind of Man, p.223). The most ambitious and magnificent book of the Press, the Kelmscott Chaucer was four years in the making. Morris designed the watermark for the paper, which was copied from an Italian incunable in Morris's collection and made entirely of linen by Batchelor. It took several requests before Clarendon Press granted permission to use Skeat's new edition of Chaucer. Burne-Jones called the book 'a pocket cathedral - it is so full of design,' and 'the finest book ever printed; if W. M. had done nothing else it would be enough.'
Limited edition, one of 425 copies on paper from a total edition of 438, and one of approximately 50 copies commissioned in this binding.
Ornamental woodcut title, 14 large borders, 18 different frames round the illustrations, 26 initials designed by William Morris and 87 wood cut illustrations designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and engraved by W.H. Hooper. Shoulder and side titles printed in red and the whole printed in two columns in Chaucer type designed by William Morris.
This book is now sold. However, we do have various copies of Chaucer available in many different printings on our website:
OpticalCircusSequence - News From Nowhere (Silent Mirror v. 2) video
Optical Circus Sequence Project by Princenicki/Figuranelsonno 2009-2011. Video mut(o)ante, senza colonna sonora. Titolo: [Dr]N(e)[am]w(s) From Nowhere. 1. Helm House, Water House, Red House, Kelmscott Manor, Kelmscott House. THIS IS THE PICTURE OF THE OLD HOUSE [Kelmscott Manor] BY THE THAMES TO WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THIS STORY WENT HEREAFTER FOLLOWS THE BOOK ITSELF WHICH IS CALLED NEWS FROM NOWHERE OR AN EPOCH OF REST & IS WRITTEN BY WILLIAM MORRIS, Kelmscott Press, 1892. 2. Il modernismo come stile è una archeologia rovesciata; non sarà reale fino a che non sarà inconscio: Croce+Cuore=Cosmos: WRL. 3. L'arte in verità non rispecchia la vita, ma lo spettatore: O. Wilde, Prefazione, in, Oscar Wilde (traduzione di R. Calzini, introduzione di M. d'Amico), Il ritratto di Dorian Gray (The picture of Dorian Gray), Milano, 1982 (ristampa del 1987), p. 34 (pp. 33-34). STATO DI SURREALTA' n. 13052011. Dedicato al fuoco dell'Amore. Princenicki, venerdì 13 maggio 2011, ore 22.36.