Overview

Kelmscott Manor is forever linked with the name of William Morris, pioneer conservationist and utopian socialist, designer and father of the Arts and Crafts tradition. The manor played a crucial role in shaping his thought: at the climactic moment of his futuristic novel, News from Nowhere, Morris lifts the latch of the Manors garden gate and finds his personal holy grail. Morris was drawn by the organic relationship between Kelmscott and its landscape: the linkage of stone walls and roof tiles to the geology and the soil, and the honest toil of the people to the agricultural cycle . The fruits of the Kelmscott Landcape Project established in 1996 by the Society of Antiquaries of London, the owners of Kelmscott Manor today, this book is a multi-faceted examination of Kelmscotts history. Archaeology, from prehistory to the present day, the architectural development of the Manor before and after Morris knew it, and the art that the village and Manor have inspiredall received rich, illustrated coverage. The result is a vivid portrait of a Thames-side village transformed by its association with Morris, a book which demonstrates the rich connections between culture and landscape in a particular place.

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Author:   Tom Hassall ,  Peter Salway ,  Alan Crossley
Publisher:   Windgather Press
Imprint:   Windgather Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9781905119141

ISBN 10:   1905119143
Pages:   221
Publication Date:   01 December 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface; The Kelmscott Landscape Project - Tom Hassall; A Place for Digging Ditches: Cropmarks around Kelmscott - Steve Baker; The Environmental Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Kelmscott - Mark Robinson; Medieval and Modern Settlement at Kelmscott - Simon Townley; Kelmscott Church: History and Context - Carol Davidson Cragoe; Kelmscott: The People in Their Place - Mary Hodges; Vernacular Architecture in Kelmscott - Julian Munby; The Morris Family and Kelmscott - Linda Parry; Kelmscott Manor - Nicholas Cooper; Kelmscott Manor as William Morris Never Knew It - Jonathan Howard; The Restoration of Kelmscott Manor Gardens - Hal Moggridge; Kelmscott Depicted - John Cherry; Kelmscott and Conservation Policy - Robert Parkinson; Notes to the Chapters; Bibliography; Index.

Reviews

[An] extremely well illustrated volume' -- Paul Stamper British Archaeology 2007 The book deserves a place on many and various bookshelves, from those of academics and interested members of the public to heritage practitioners and landscape surveyors working in the field.' -- Amanda Richardson Southern History 30 2008

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The editors are all Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London

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