by David Patten | 9 Aug, 2019 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
The Architect’s Error As it says for all to see in the church porch, architect W.R. Lethaby’s error at All Saints’, Brockhampton, was that “The experimental nature of the building led to some disasters – part of the west wall collapsed.”...
by Kathleen Murphy | 30 Jun, 2017 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
Exactly two hundred years ago, Philip Clissett was born in Birtsmorton, Worcestershire, into a family of chairmakers. He was to become, arguably, the best known of all English rural chairmakers because of his association with the Arts & Crafts Movement. He was...
by Kathleen Murphy | 23 Mar, 2017 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
A sweet, hay-like smell hits you as chair-maker, Lawrence Neal, answers his door. The door opens in to what appears once to have been Victorian Schoolroom, but was in fact the village co-op store. Neville Neal, Lawrence’s father moved his furniture workshop to this...