Kelmscott House

Kelmscott House

Kelmscott House is a historic building in Hammersmith, the London home of William Morris from April 1879 to his death in October 1896.

Originally called "The Retreat", Morris renamed it after the Oxfordshire village of Kelmscott where he had lived at Kelmscott Manor from June 1871.

Kelmscott House is a Georgian brick mansion at 26 Upper Mall in Hammersmith, overlooking the River Thames. Nearby, Morris began his "adventure in printing" with his private press, the Kelmscott Press, which he started in 1891 at 16 Upper Mall, Hammersmith.

The building is a private house, though the basement and coach house (entrance serve as headquarters of the William Morris Society, and may be visited by appointment.

It was at Kelmscott House that Sir Francis Ronalds set up a primitive telegraph in 1816. He ran eight miles of cable (encased in glass tubing) through the back garden and succeeded in getting an electrical signal along the full length. He contacted the Admiralty, but they were not interested at that time in telegraph.

Further reading

* cite book
title = William Morris: A Life For Our Time
author = Fiona MacCarthy
year = 1994
publisher = Faber and Faber
id =

External links

* [http://www.morrissociety.org/ William Morris Society]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Kelmscott — is a small village close to the River Thames in West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire near the Gloucestershire border.The small parish church of St.George dates from around 1190, and in the churchyard is the tomb of William Morris, designed by Philip… …   Wikipedia

  • Kelmscott Manor — is a limestone house in the Cotswold village of Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, England. It dates from around 1570, with a late 17th century wing, and was the country home of the writer, designer and socialist William Morris from 1871 until his death in… …   Wikipedia

  • Kelmscott (disambiguation) — Kelmscott may refer to:* Kelmscott, Oxfordshire * Kelmscott, Western Australiaee also* Kelmscott House * Kelmscott Manor * Kelmscott Press * Kelmscott railway station, Perth * Kelmscott School …   Wikipedia

  • Kelmscott Manor — ist ein aus Kalkstein bestehendes Cotswold Haus am Rande der Ortschaft Kelmscott, Oxfordshire/England. Es liegt nahe der Themse und entstand in der Zeit um 1570; im späten 17. Jahrhundert erhielt es einen zusätzlichen Flügel. Von 1871 bis zu… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kelmscott Press — The Nature of Gothic von John Ruskin, gedruckt bei Kelmscott Press. Erste Textseite Die Kelmscott Press war eine englische Privatdruckerei. William Morris (1834 1896) war nicht nur ein bekannter englischer Dichter, Politiker und Designer, sondern …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kelmscott Press — a printing business (1890–98) run by William Morris at Hammersmith, London, England, which produced fine editions of his own books and other works. The Kelmscott Chaucer, an edition of the Canterbury Tales with illustrations by Burne Jones, is… …   Universalium

  • (the) Kelmscott Press — the Kelmscott Press [the Kelmscott Press] a printing business (1890–98) run by William Morris at Hammersmith, London, England, which produced fine ↑editions of his own books and other works. The Kelmscott Chaucer, an edition of the ↑Canterbury… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Essex House Press — Die Essex House Press war eine englische Privatdruckerei. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte 2 Quellen 3 Literatur 4 Weblinks Geschichte …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Manor house — This article is about a type of historical building. For other uses, see Manor house (disambiguation). Ightham Mote, a 14th century moated manor house in Kent, England …   Wikipedia

  • Chastleton House — is a Jacobean country house situated at Chastleton near Moreton in Marsh, Oxfordshire, England (grid reference …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”