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Arthur Albert John Marshman FRIBA FRSA (19 February 1929 – 15 July 1997), was a British architect. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects in the United Kingdom. ...
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. ...
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Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ...
An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ...
Biography Arthur Marshman was born in Northampton, the only son of Arthur and Evelyn Marshman, both of Northampton. He was educated at Northampton Grammar School. He married twice - and had four children. Marshman was founder of Marshman Warren Taylor (MWT) architects. He died in Northampton. Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in central England on the River Nene, and the county town of Northamptonshire, in the English East Midlands region. ...
Northampton School for Boys (NSB) is a secondary school in Northampton, England. ...
Marshman Warren Taylor was for a while the largest architectural practice in the United Kingdom. ...
Before beginning his professional life he completed his National Service in the Royal Air Force. National service is a common name for compulsory or voluntary military service programs. ...
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His work Marshman Warren Taylor architects were at one time in the 1970s the largest architectural practice in the United Kingdom.[citation needed] The practice was founded in Bedford in 1960 and rapidly spread to other locations throughout the country – growing on the back of the 1960s housing boom. MWT were well known for their Cheese Houses – an angular design looking like an upended slice of cheese. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...
Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England. ...
Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...
The Northampton office of Marshman Warren Taylor was in Hazlerig House, Marefair, Northampton – a fine stone building dating back to the Civil War. The English Civil War consisted of a series of armed conflicts and political machinations that took place between Parliamentarians (known as Roundheads) and Royalists (known as Cavaliers) between 1642 and 1651. ...
An eccentric and flamboyant architect, he lived in and practised from Northamptonshire (England). Marshman designed the sympathetic and award-winning vestry extension to the Church at Weston Favell, Northampton, which was described by Pevsner as "Excellent" where he (and one of his sons) were married and where his parents are buried. Marshman also designed the new Belfry screen in the church and undertook some celebrated work on Truro Cathedral. Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ...
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A vestry is a room within or attached to a church which is used to store vestments and other items used in worship. ...
Weston Favell is a district of Northampton in the English county of Northamptonshire. ...
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner CBE (January 30, 1902 – August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture. ...
Truro Cathedral is a cathedral in the city of Truro in Cornwall in south-west England. ...
Examples of Marshman's work Horton Rounds Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1774x1008, 395 KB)Horton Rounds, Horton, Northampton designed by Arthur Marshman . ...
| Cheese house, Horton, Northamptonshire Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1564x1172, 400 KB)Marshman Warren Taylor designed Cheese House - Horton, Northamptonshire Photo taken by R Neil Marshman 15 Feb 2005 (c). ...
Horton (from the Old English meaning muddy farmstead. ...
| St Peter's vestry – Weston Favell Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 571 KB)St Peters Vestry - Weston Favell Designed by Arthur Marshman Photo taken by R Neil Marshman © 15 Feb 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this...
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Horton Rounds: The famous house on a circle He is probably best known for the design of Horton Rounds, an unusual curved house on stilts incorporating the shapes of a comma and a full stop in the village of Horton, Northamptonshire. The house was built as a family home, and the family lived there until 1982. Horton (from the Old English meaning muddy farmstead. ...
Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ...
The house is mentioned by Pevsner in his "Buildings of Northamptonshire" and has an unusual canitilevered balcony and cedar roof shingles. The house has more recently been the home of Roy Clarke the writer of "Last of the Summer Wine". Sir Nikolaus Pevsner CBE (January 30, 1902 – August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture. ...
Roy Clarke (born January 28, 1930 in Goole, Yorkshire) is a British comedy writer, best known for creating Last of the Summer Wine starring Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde, Kathy Staff and Dame Thora Hird amongst others (he also wrote the prequel First of the Summer Wine); and Keeping...
Last of the Summer Wine, written by Roy Clarke, is a British television sitcom. ...
Of the house, Pevsner says, "A striking house. The dominant features are the broad curving eaves of the shingled roofs and the taller circular service cores and chimney of local yellow stone. In plan the house is a comma, with a full stop linked by a bridge. The tail of the comma, open on the ground floor with bedrooms above, shelters a paved garden. The broad end has service rooms and entrances below and a circular living area above which has views in all directions."
Horton Rounds was built in the grounds of Horton House, one time home of Lord Halifax. Horton is coincidentally the next village to Hackleton where William Carey and Joshua Marshman – a relative – started their preaching house in the 18th century. His ashes are buried at Collingtree in Northamptonshire, where he lived for many years. Horton (from the Old English meaning muddy farmstead. ...
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William Carey (August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834) was an English missionary and Baptist minister, known as the father of modern missions. ...
The Reverend Dr.Joshua Marshman was born in 1768 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England and died In Serampore India in 1837. ...
Collingtree is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. ...
The Marshman family The Marshman family originated in Wiltshire and moved to Northamptonshire in the 18th century. Arthur Marshman is related to: Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...
Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ...
(17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
The Reverend Dr.Joshua Marshman was born in 1768 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England and died In Serampore India in 1837. ...
John Clark Marshman, Indian scholar and philanthropist. ...
Hannah Marshman (Born May 13, 1767, Bristol - Died March 5, 1847, Serampore, India) was a missionary. ...
Sources - Pevsner, Nikolaus, The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. ISBN 0-300-09632-1
- Marshman family records
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