Kate Felus

A designed-landscape Historian, born in 1971. She studied at University of Warwick and University of Bristol. Her specialist subject area is the social history of 18th century gardens and their buildings.

From 1996 to 2001 Kate was Garden Historian at Stowe, the eighteenth century landscape garden, where the National Trust is undertaking a massive restoration programme begun in 1990. She has also been involved with buildings conservation both at Stowe and as Project Co-ordinator for the National Trust’s first restoration of a Modernist building, the Erno Goldfinger House at 2 Willow Road, Hampstead.

Partner of British Sculptor Jon Edgar. One son, born 2006.

References

* 'The Furniture of Erno Goldfinger at 2 Willow Road,' Apollo, Vol CXLIII No. 410 (new series) (April, 1996) ISSN 00036356

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*‘Looking beyond the Boundaries: Seeing Parks and Gardens in their Wider Landscape – Understanding and Protection,’ in Giardini Contesto Paesaggio Sistemi Giardini e Architetture Vegetali nel Paesaggio… ed. by L. Pelessetti & L. Scazzosi, (Florence, 2005) ISBN: 9788822254832

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*‘Boats and Boating in the Eighteenth Century Landscape,’ Garden History, (2006) Vol 34, No. 1. ISSN 03071243

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External links

* [http://www.historiclandscapes.co.uk website giving more information on Kate Felus]
* [http://www.jonedgar.co.uk/kate.htm portrait head of Kate Felus, 2003]