Daneway House is a

grade I listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

house in the parish of

Bisley-with-Lypiatt Bisley-with-Lypiatt is a civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. It had a population of 2350 in 2019. It includes Bisley, Lypiatt, Eastcombe and Oakridge. Parishes adjoining Bisley-with-Lypiatt are: Miserden to the ...

but close to Sapperton in Gloucestershire, England. The house was built in the 14th century but revised several times since. It the early 20th century it became a workshop and showroom for

Ernest Gimson Ernest William Gimson (; 21 December 1864 – 12 August 1919) was an English furniture designer and architect. Gimson was described by the art critic Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest of the English architect-designers". Today his reputat ...

and the

Barnsley brothers Ernest (born Arthur Ernest Barnsley (1863 –1926) but known as Ernest Barnsley) and Sidney Howard Barnsley (25 February 1865 – 25 September 1926) were Arts and Crafts movement master builders, furniture designers and makers associated with Ernes ...

who were important designers of the

arts and crafts The Arts and Crafts movement was an international trend in the Decorative arts, decorative and fine arts that developed earliest and most fully in the British Isles and subsequently spread across the British Empire and to the rest of Europe and ...

movement.

History

The house dates from the 14th century when it was built for the Clifford family. Major revisions to the fabric of the building occurred around 1620 and again in 1717. In 1674 the "High Building" was added, by John Hancox, which has four storeys and an attic. Daneway House was lent by Lord Bathurst to

and the

after their move from Pinbury Park and it formed a suitable display case for their traditionally designed

furniture. Grimson used a two-storey outhouse as a drawing office. There were also workshops and the main house was used as a showroom. When Gimson died in 1919,

Peter Waals Peter Waals (30 January 1870 – May 1937), born Pieter van der Waals, was a Dutch cabinet maker associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. Arts and Crafts Born in The Hague to Jan van der Waals and Lena Alida Maria Loorij, Peter Waals was the ...

continued to run the Daneway Workshops for two years. From 1922 until his death in 1933 the house was let, as a country retreat, to

Emery Walker Sir Emery Walker FSA (2 April 1851 – 22 July 1933) was an English engraver, photographer and printer. Walker took an active role in many organisations that were at the heart of the Arts and Crafts movement, including the Art Workers Gu ...

, founder of

Doves Press The Doves Press was a private press based in Hammersmith, London. During nearly seventeen years of operation, Doves Press produced notable examples of twentieth-century typography. A distinguishing feature of its books was a specially-devised typ ...

and close friend of

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditiona ...

. After 1948 it was the home of architect Oliver Hill. It was further restored in the 1960s.

Architecture

The limestone building has a stone tile roof. The old medieval hall now has a floor dividing it. The gable end of the hall is supported by

buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient (typically Gothic) buildings, as a means of providing support to act ...

es. The four-storey "High Building", which was added around 1620, has a moulded

parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/brea ...

gable at each end and a small stair turret. The rooms have Jacobean plaster ceilings.

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