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'''Detmar Jellings Blow''' (24 November 1867 – 7 February 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http:// scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100196 |title=Dictionary of Scottish architects |access-date=18 December 2012 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016193157/http:// scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100196 |url-status=live }}</ref> was a British [[architect]] of the early 20th century, who designed principally in the [[Arts and Crafts movement|arts and crafts]] style. His clients belonged chiefly to the British aristocracy, and later he became estates manager to the [[Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster|Duke of Westminster]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} |
'''Detmar Jellings Blow''' (24 November 1867 – 7 February 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http:// scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100196 |title=Dictionary of Scottish architects |access-date=18 December 2012 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016193157/http:// scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100196 |url-status=live }}</ref> was a British [[architect]] of the early 20th century, who designed principally in the [[Arts and Crafts movement|arts and crafts]] style. His clients belonged chiefly to the British aristocracy, and later he became estates manager to the [[Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster|Duke of Westminster]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} |
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The fiction that he was a descendant of the English restoration composer [[John Blow]] was started in 1910 by Detmar Blow's wife Winifred, a member of the aristocratic [[Tollemache family]], as a means of obtaining a licence from [[St Paul's Cathedral]] for the marriage of herself and Detmar.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} |
The fiction that he was a descendant of the English restoration composer [[John Blow]] was started in 1910 by Detmar Blow's wife Winifred, a member of the aristocratic [[Tollemache family]], as a means of obtaining a licence from [[St Paul's Cathedral]] for the marriage of herself and Detmar.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} |
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==Life and career== |
==Life and career== |
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Blow was one of the last disciples of [[John Ruskin]], {{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}whom as a young man he had accompanied on his last journey abroad. Detmar was friends with the [[George Wyndham|Wyndham]] family, who at their country house [[Clouds House|Clouds]] in Wiltshire created a salon frequented by many of the leading intellectual and artistic figures of the day, known as [[The Souls]], who welcomed Blow into their midst whilst admiring his romantic [[socialist]] views. |
Son of Jellings Blow, of Hilles, [[Stroud]], [[Gloucestershire]],<ref>Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3912</ref>Blow was one of the last disciples of [[John Ruskin]], {{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}whom as a young man he had accompanied on his last journey abroad. Detmar was friends with the [[George Wyndham|Wyndham]] family, who at their country house [[Clouds House|Clouds]] in Wiltshire created a salon frequented by many of the leading intellectual and artistic figures of the day, known as [[The Souls]], who welcomed Blow into their midst whilst admiring his romantic [[socialist]] views. |
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Blow's architectural work was very much influenced by his mentors Ruskin, [[William Holman Hunt]] and [[Philip Webb]], the architect of Clouds (1886). In his early career he adopted the role of the wandering architect, travelling [[artisan]]-like with his own band of [[masonry|masons]] from project to project. He married the [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocratic]] and intellectual Winifred Tollemache, and began to be patronised by the higher échelons of the British aristocracy. While much of his early work was, like that of his contemporary [[Edwin Lutyens|Lutyens]], in the [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] style, his later work was dictated by the whims of his aristocratic [[patron]]s. He became a brother of |
Blow's architectural work was very much influenced by his mentors Ruskin, [[William Holman Hunt]] and [[Philip Webb]], the architect of Clouds (1886). In his early career he adopted the role of the wandering architect, travelling [[artisan]]-like with his own band of [[masonry|masons]] from project to project. He married the [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocratic]] and intellectual Winifred Tollemache, and began to be patronised by the higher échelons of the British aristocracy. While much of his early work was, like that of his contemporary [[Edwin Lutyens|Lutyens]], in the [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] style, his later work was dictated by the whims of his aristocratic [[patron]]s. He became a brother ofthe[[ArtWorkers' Guild]]in 1892. At one point during his career he and Lutyens contemplated entering together into an architectural partnership. In 1906 he formed a partnership with the French architect Fernand Billerey (1878–1951) which continued until 1924, when the partnership was dissolved. |
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Amongst the buildings designed by Blow were Hilles, at [[Harescombe]], near [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]] in [[Gloucestershire]], the mansion he built for himself after 1914,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Musson |first1=Jeremy |title=Secret Houses of the Cotswolds |date=2018 |publisher=Frances Lincoln |isbn=978-0711239241|pages=70–75}}</ref><ref>{{ |
Amongst the buildings designed by Blow were Hilles, at [[Harescombe]], near [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]] in [[Gloucestershire]], the mansion he built for himself after 1914,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Musson |first1=Jeremy |title=Secret Houses of the Cotswolds |date=2018 |publisher=Frances Lincoln |isbn=978-0711239241|pages=70–75}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|desc=Hilles House and terraced gardens |num=1090823 |access-date=6 September 2020 }}</ref> very much influenced by the ideals of Ruskin, Webb and [[William Morris]] (Blow was present at Morris's death and organised his funeral procession, driving the flower-strewn hay-wagon carrying the coffin, dressed in a farm worker's smock). In 1908 he rebuilt [[Bramham Park]] for the Lane Fox family; however, this commission was a restoration of the former [[Baroque]] house which had been severely damaged by fire in 1828. |
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[[File:Horwood House, rear exterior.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Horwood House]], designed by Detmar Blow in [[William and Mary style]] in 1912]] |
[[File:Horwood House, rear exterior.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Horwood House]], designed by Detmar Blow in [[William and Mary style]] in 1912]] |
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Blow designed various properties for [[Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster|Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster]], including the [[Château Woolsack]], a hunting lodge at [[Mimizan]] in France. From 1916 to 1933 Blow worked almost exclusively for the duke, as manager of the Grosvenor estates, and as private secretary. His contemporary, |
Blow designed various properties for [[Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster|Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster]], including the [[Château Woolsack]], a hunting lodge at [[Mimizan]] in France. From 1916 to 1933 Blow worked almost exclusively for the duke, as manager of the Grosvenor estates, and as private secretary. His contemporary, [[Edwin Lutyens]], described Blow in 1917 working as "a sort of baillif and Maitre d'Hotel as far as I can make out!" {{sfn|Drury|2000|p=244}} A later disagreement, over"largelyunfounded "allegations of [[embezzlement]], led toBlow'sresignation and retirement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https:// ucldigitalpress.co.uk/Book/Article/68/92/5154/|title=Fonthill Recovered|first=Caroline|last=Dakers|publisher=UCL Digital Press|access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http:// scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100196|title=Detmar Blow|publisher=Dictionary of Scottish Architects|access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref> |
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==Notable works== |
==Notable works== |
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*[[Lake House]], Wiltshire (1898). Restoration of an Elizabethan house near Salisbury, with oversight by the [[Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings]] (SPAB). Lake House was gutted by fire in 1912, and Blow returned to |
*[[Lake House]], Wiltshire (1898). Restoration of an Elizabethan house near Salisbury, with oversight by the [[Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings]] (SPAB). Lake House was gutted by fire in 1912, and Blow returned toreinstateand secure the ancient walls for a second time.{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=92-4}} |
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*[[Stoneywell]] and Lea Cottages, [[Ulverscroft]], Leicestershire (1898–9), to [[Ernest Gimson]]'s designs.{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=87}} A 2012 appeal aimed to bring Stoneywell into the care of the [[National Trust]].<ref>[http:// nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/local-to-you/midlands/news/view-page/item851465/ National Trust Stoneywell appeal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028203328/http:// nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/local-to-you/midlands/news/view-page/item851465/ |date=28 October 2012 }} accessed 16 October 2012</ref> |
*[[Stoneywell]] and Lea Cottages, [[Ulverscroft]], Leicestershire (1898–9), to [[Ernest Gimson]]'s designs.{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=87}} A 2012 appeal aimed to bring Stoneywell into the care of the [[National Trust]].<ref>[http:// nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/local-to-you/midlands/news/view-page/item851465/ National Trust Stoneywell appeal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028203328/http:// nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/local-to-you/midlands/news/view-page/item851465/ |date=28 October 2012 }} accessed 16 October 2012</ref> |
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*[[St Peter and St Paul's Church, Clare]] |
*[[St Peter and St Paul's Church, Clare]], Suffolk (1899). Restoration of the Church tower, again under SPAB oversight and guidance from [[Philip Webb]].{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=101}} |
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*Happisburgh Manor, [[Happisburgh]], Norfolk (1900). Blow's first major work, although the [[butterfly plan]] design was inspired by [[Ernest Gimson]].{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=97-99}} Built as a seaside villa, it is now a holiday rental property.<ref>[http:// clarenco /venues/happisburghmanor/happisburgh-manor clarenco Happisburgh Manor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014044657/http:// clarenco /venues/happisburghmanor/happisburgh-manor/ |date=14 October 2012 }}, accessed 15 October 2012</ref> |
*Happisburgh Manor, [[Happisburgh]], Norfolk (1900). Blow's first major work, although the [[butterfly plan]] design was inspired by [[Ernest Gimson]].{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=97-99}} Built as a seaside villa, it is now a holiday rental property.<ref>[http:// clarenco /venues/happisburghmanor/happisburgh-manor clarenco Happisburgh Manor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014044657/http:// clarenco /venues/happisburghmanor/happisburgh-manor/ |date=14 October 2012 }}, accessed 15 October 2012</ref> |
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*[[Stonehenge]], Wiltshire (1900). When a [[trilithon]] fell over on 30 Dec 1900, Blow was engaged by SPAB both to re-erect and repair the lintel, and consider measures to prevent further erosion from the number of visitors.{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=110-115}} |
*[[Stonehenge]], Wiltshire (1900). When a [[trilithon]] fell over on 30 Dec 1900, Blow was engaged by SPAB both to re-erect and repair the lintel, and consider measures to prevent further erosion from the number of visitors.{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=110-115}} |
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*[[Amesbury Abbey (house)|Amesbury Abbey]], Wiltshire. Dates uncertain, but appears to be contemporary with his Stonehenge involvement.{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=111}} |
*[[Amesbury Abbey (house)|Amesbury Abbey]], Wiltshire. Dates uncertain, but appears to be contemporary with his Stonehenge involvement.{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=111}} |
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*Lavington Park, West Sussex (1903). Elizabethan house built by the Garton Family, enlarged by Blow for Lord Woolavington. Now [[Seaford College]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1232490 |desc=Lavington Park Seaford College |grade=II* |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref> |
*Lavington Park, West Sussex (1903). Elizabethan house built by the Garton Family, enlarged by Blow for[[Lord Woolavington]].Now [[Seaford College]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1232490 |desc=Lavington Park Seaford College |grade=II* |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref> |
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*Little Ridge, [[Fonthill Bishop|Fonthill]], Wiltshire (1904–6). Built for Hugh Morrison, it was constructed from the stones of Berwick St Leonard manor house, three miles away. Massively enlarged in 1912 and renamed Fonthill House, it was demolished in 1979.{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=127-130}} |
*Little Ridge, [[Fonthill Bishop|Fonthill]], Wiltshire (1904–6). Built for[[Hugh Morrison(English politician)|Hugh Morrison]],it was constructed from the stones of[[Berwick St Leonard]]manor house, three miles away. Massively enlarged in 1912 and renamed Fonthill House, it was demolished in 1979.{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=127-130}} |
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*[[Church of St Mary and St Melor, Amesbury]] (1905). Structural restoration, working with architect [[Charles Ponting|C. E. Ponting]].<ref>{{Cite book|author-last1=Baggs|author-first1=A. P.|url=https:// british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol15/pp13-55|title=A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 15|author-last2=Freeman|author-first2=Jane|author-last3=Stevenson|author-first3=Janet H.|date=1995|publisher=University of London|editor-last=Crowley|editor-first=D. A.|series=[[Victoria County History]]|pages=13–55|chapter=Parishes: Amesbury|access-date=25 May 2021|via=British History Online}}</ref> |
*[[Church of St Mary and St Melor, Amesbury]] (1905). Structural restoration, working with architect [[Charles Ponting|C. E. Ponting]].<ref>{{Cite book|author-last1=Baggs|author-first1=A. P.|url=https:// british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol15/pp13-55|title=A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 15|author-last2=Freeman|author-first2=Jane|author-last3=Stevenson|author-first3=Janet H.|date=1995|publisher=University of London|editor-last=Crowley|editor-first=D. A.|series=[[Victoria County History]]|pages=13–55|chapter=Parishes: Amesbury|access-date=25 May 2021|via=British History Online}}</ref> |
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*Wilsford Manor, Wiltshire (1906) for Edward and Pamela Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner, with internal woodwork by [[Ernest Gimson]].{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=116-124}} |
*Wilsford Manor,[[Wilsford cum Lake]],Wiltshire (1906) for[[EdwardTennant, 1st Baron Glenconner|Edward]]and[[Pamela Wyndham|Pamela Tennant]],1st Baron Glenconner, with internal woodwork by [[Ernest Gimson]].{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=116-124}} |
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*[[All Saints' Church, Thorney Hill|All Saints' Chapel]], [[Avon Tyrell House]], [[Sopley]], Hampshire (1906) for Lord Manners, with murals by [[Phoebe Traquair]]. |
*[[All Saints' Church, Thorney Hill|All Saints' Chapel]], [[Avon Tyrell House]], [[Sopley]], Hampshire (1906) for Lord Manners, with murals by [[Phoebe Traquair]]. |
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*[[Bovey Castle]], Devon (1907) for the second [[Viscount Hambleden]]. |
*[[Bovey Castle]], Devon (1907) for the second [[Viscount Hambleden]]. |
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*Billesley Manor, Warwickshire (1906–13). Now a hotel.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1382696 |desc=Billesley Manor Hotel |grade=II* |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref> |
*Billesley Manor, Warwickshire (1906–13). Now a hotel.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1382696 |desc=Billesley Manor Hotel |grade=II* |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref> |
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*Hatch House, Newtown, Wiltshire (1908).{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=107}} |
*Hatch House, Newtown, Wiltshire (1908).{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=107}} |
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*[[Islay House]] (1910) Nursery wing. |
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*Heale House, [[Woodford, Wiltshire]] (1910). Blow added a new wing for the Hon. Louis Greville. |
*Heale House, [[Woodford, Wiltshire]] (1910). Blow added a new wing for the Hon. Louis Greville. |
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*46 Grosvenor Street, London (1910–11). Reconstruction of two townhouses into a single residence for Sir [[Edgar Speyer]].{{sfn|Sheppard|1980|pp=44–57}}<ref>{{NHLE|num=1066700 |desc=46, Grosvenor Street W1 |grade=II* |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref> |
*46 Grosvenor Street, London (1910–11). Reconstruction of two townhouses into a single residence for Sir [[Edgar Speyer]].{{sfn|Sheppard|1980|pp=44–57}}<ref>{{NHLE|num=1066700 |desc=46, Grosvenor Street W1 |grade=II* |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[Horwood House]], [[Little Horwood]], Buckinghamshire (1912) with Fernand Billery.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1288825 |desc=Horwood House |grade=II |accessdate=3 August 2019}}</ref> |
*[[Horwood House]], [[Little Horwood]], Buckinghamshire (1912) with Fernand Billery.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1288825 |desc=Horwood House |grade=II |accessdate=3 August 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[Château Woolsack]], [[Mimizan]], France (1912). A hunting lodge for the 2nd Duke of Westminster. |
*[[Château Woolsack]], [[Mimizan]], France (1912). A hunting lodge for the 2nd Duke of Westminster. |
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*Hilles, Harescombe, Gloucestershire (started in 1913). Built for himself and still occupied by the Blow |
*Hilles, Harescombe, Gloucestershire (started in 1913). Built for himself and still occupied by the Blowfamily. |
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*[[Stanway House]], Gloucestershire (1913). Blow built a new wing for Lady Mary Elcho, later |
*[[Stanway House]], Gloucestershire (1913). Blow built a new wing for[[Lady Mary Elcho]],later Lady Wemyss, sister of Pamela Tennant, and one of the founders of [[The Souls]].{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=106}} |
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*Schloss Kranzbach, Krün, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (1915). Blow's plans, in Arts and Crafts style, were drawn up in 1913 for the Hon. Miss Mary Portman, who intended it to be an artist's retreat. Building work was completed in 1915, but the war meant neither Blow nor |
*Schloss Kranzbach, Krün, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (1915). Blow's plans, in Arts and Crafts style, were drawn up in 1913 for the Hon. Miss Mary Portman, who intended it to be an artist's retreat. Building work was completed in 1915, but the war meant neither Blow nor Portman saw it.<ref>[[:de:Schloss Kranzbach]]</ref> Used as accommodation for the 1936 Winter Olympics, it is now a hotel.<ref>[http:// neher.at/en/References/Pages/Wellness-Hotel-Schloss-Kranzbach.aspx Schloss Kranzbach Wellness Hotel] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130114225654/http:// neher.at/en/References/Pages/Wellness-Hotel-Schloss-Kranzbach.aspx |date=14 January 2013 }} Accessed 16 October 2012</ref> |
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*[[Gwrych Castle]], [[Abergele]], [[Wales]] (1914). He was instructed by [[Winifred, Countess of Dundonald]] to extend the castle by building a grand staircase, the walls were finished with white and green Italian marble.<ref>{{cite web|url=https:// britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002164/19130626/023/0006|title=?|publisher=Clifton Society|date=26 June 1913|access-date=7 September 2023}}</ref> |
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*[[Wootton Manor]], Polegate, Sussex (1915?). 17th |
*[[Wootton Manor]], Polegate, Sussex (1915?). 17th-century manor house, with 14th-century elements, greatly enlarged by Blow for the Gwynnefamily.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1288825 |desc=Central Building of Wootton Manor |grade=II* |accessdate=1 September 2019}}</ref> |
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*Holcombe House, Stroud, Gloucestershire (1925), leased by Blow to Lady Plymouth, formerly Gay Windsor, another of [[The Souls]].{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=104}} |
*[[Holcombe House]],Stroud, Gloucestershire (1925), leased by Blow to Lady Plymouth, formerly Gay Windsor, another of [[The Souls]].{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=104}} |
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*[[Broome Park]], Kent (1915–16). [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]] had bought it in 1911, and involved Blow in its renovation. One of the few building commissions he had during the Great War, it was unfinished when Kitchener died in 1916.{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=244}} |
*[[Broome Park]], Kent (1915–16). [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]] had bought it in 1911, and involved Blow in its renovation. One of the few building commissions he had during the Great War, it was unfinished when Kitchener died in 1916.{{sfn|Drury|2000|p=244}} |
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Revision as of 00:59, 12 October 2023
Detmar Blow | |
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Born | 24 November 1867 England |
Died | 7 February 1939 Gloucester,England | (aged 71)
Occupation | Architect |
Spouse | Winifred Tollemache |
Buildings | Hilles;Eaton Hall (Cheshire) |
Detmar Jellings Blow(24 November 1867 – 7 February 1939)[1]was a Britisharchitectof the early 20th century, who designed principally in thearts and craftsstyle. His clients belonged chiefly to the British aristocracy, and later he became estates manager to theDuke of Westminster.[citation needed]
The fiction that he was a descendant of the English restoration composerJohn Blowwas started in 1910 by Detmar Blow's wife Winifred, a member of the aristocraticTollemache family,as a means of obtaining a licence fromSt Paul's Cathedralfor the marriage of herself and Detmar.[citation needed]
Life and career
Son of Jellings Blow, of Hilles,Stroud,Gloucestershire,[2]Blow was one of the last disciples ofJohn Ruskin,[citation needed]whom as a young man he had accompanied on his last journey abroad. Detmar was friends with theWyndhamfamily, who at their country houseCloudsin Wiltshire created a salon frequented by many of the leading intellectual and artistic figures of the day, known asThe Souls,who welcomed Blow into their midst whilst admiring his romanticsocialistviews.
Blow's architectural work was very much influenced by his mentors Ruskin,William Holman HuntandPhilip Webb,the architect of Clouds (1886). In his early career he adopted the role of the wandering architect, travellingartisan-like with his own band ofmasonsfrom project to project. He married thearistocraticand intellectual Winifred Tollemache, and began to be patronised by the higher échelons of the British aristocracy. While much of his early work was, like that of his contemporaryLutyens,in theArts and Craftsstyle, his later work was dictated by the whims of his aristocraticpatrons.He became a brother of theArt Workers' Guildin 1892. At one point during his career he and Lutyens contemplated entering together into an architectural partnership. In 1906 he formed a partnership with the French architect Fernand Billerey (1878–1951) which continued until 1924, when the partnership was dissolved.
Amongst the buildings designed by Blow were Hilles, atHarescombe,nearStroudinGloucestershire,the mansion he built for himself after 1914,[3][4]very much influenced by the ideals of Ruskin, Webb andWilliam Morris(Blow was present at Morris's death and organised his funeral procession, driving the flower-strewn hay-wagon carrying the coffin, dressed in a farm worker's smock). In 1908 he rebuiltBramham Parkfor the Lane Fox family; however, this commission was a restoration of the formerBaroquehouse which had been severely damaged by fire in 1828.
Blow designed various properties forHugh "Bendor" Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster,including theChâteau Woolsack,a hunting lodge atMimizanin France. From 1916 to 1933 Blow worked almost exclusively for the duke, as manager of the Grosvenor estates, and as private secretary. His contemporary,Edwin Lutyens,described Blow in 1917 working as "a sort of baillif and Maitre d'Hotel as far as I can make out!"[5]A later disagreement, over "largely unfounded" allegations ofembezzlement,led to Blow's resignation and retirement.[6][7]
Notable works
- Lake House,Wiltshire (1898). Restoration of an Elizabethan house near Salisbury, with oversight by theSociety for the Protection of Ancient Buildings(SPAB). Lake House was gutted by fire in 1912, and Blow returned to reinstate and secure the ancient walls for a second time.[8]
- Stoneywelland Lea Cottages,Ulverscroft,Leicestershire (1898–9), toErnest Gimson's designs.[9]A 2012 appeal aimed to bring Stoneywell into the care of theNational Trust.[10]
- St Peter and St Paul's Church, Clare,Suffolk (1899). Restoration of the Church tower, again under SPAB oversight and guidance fromPhilip Webb.[11]
- Happisburgh Manor,Happisburgh,Norfolk (1900). Blow's first major work, although thebutterfly plandesign was inspired byErnest Gimson.[12]Built as a seaside villa, it is now a holiday rental property.[13]
- Stonehenge,Wiltshire (1900). When atrilithonfell over on 30 Dec 1900, Blow was engaged by SPAB both to re-erect and repair the lintel, and consider measures to prevent further erosion from the number of visitors.[14]
- Amesbury Abbey,Wiltshire. Dates uncertain, but appears to be contemporary with his Stonehenge involvement.[15]
- Lavington Park, West Sussex (1903). Elizabethan house built by the Garton Family, enlarged by Blow forLord Woolavington.NowSeaford College.[16]
- Little Ridge,Fonthill,Wiltshire (1904–6). Built forHugh Morrison,it was constructed from the stones ofBerwick St Leonardmanor house, three miles away. Massively enlarged in 1912 and renamed Fonthill House, it was demolished in 1979.[17]
- Church of St Mary and St Melor, Amesbury(1905). Structural restoration, working with architectC. E. Ponting.[18]
- Wilsford Manor,Wilsford cum Lake,Wiltshire (1906) forEdwardandPamela Tennant,1st Baron Glenconner, with internal woodwork byErnest Gimson.[19]
- All Saints' Chapel,Avon Tyrell House,Sopley,Hampshire (1906) for Lord Manners, with murals byPhoebe Traquair.
- Bovey Castle,Devon (1907) for the secondViscount Hambleden.
- Bramham Park,Yorkshire (1908). Restoration for the Lane-Fox family.
- Breccles Hall, Norfolk (1907–9). Rebuilt from a substantially ruined Elizabethan manor, with considerable care over the conservation and archaeological evidence.[20]
- Billesley Manor, Warwickshire (1906–13). Now a hotel.[21]
- Hatch House, Newtown, Wiltshire (1908).[22]
- Islay House(1910) Nursery wing.
- Heale House,Woodford, Wiltshire(1910). Blow added a new wing for the Hon. Louis Greville.
- 46 Grosvenor Street, London (1910–11). Reconstruction of two townhouses into a single residence for SirEdgar Speyer.[23][24]
- Horwood House,Little Horwood,Buckinghamshire (1912) with Fernand Billery.[25]
- Château Woolsack,Mimizan,France (1912). A hunting lodge for the 2nd Duke of Westminster.
- Hilles, Harescombe, Gloucestershire (started in 1913). Built for himself and still occupied by the Blow family.
- Stanway House,Gloucestershire (1913). Blow built a new wing forLady Mary Elcho,later Lady Wemyss, sister of Pamela Tennant, and one of the founders ofThe Souls.[26]
- Schloss Kranzbach, Krün, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (1915). Blow's plans, in Arts and Crafts style, were drawn up in 1913 for the Hon. Miss Mary Portman, who intended it to be an artist's retreat. Building work was completed in 1915, but the war meant neither Blow nor Portman saw it.[27]Used as accommodation for the 1936 Winter Olympics, it is now a hotel.[28]
- Gwrych Castle,Abergele,Wales(1914). He was instructed byWinifred, Countess of Dundonaldto extend the castle by building a grand staircase, the walls were finished with white and green Italian marble.[29]
- Wootton Manor,Polegate, Sussex (1915?). 17th-century manor house, with 14th-century elements, greatly enlarged by Blow for the Gwynne family.[30]
- Holcombe House,Stroud, Gloucestershire (1925), leased by Blow to Lady Plymouth, formerly Gay Windsor, another ofThe Souls.[31]
- Broome Park,Kent (1915–16).Lord Kitchenerhad bought it in 1911, and involved Blow in its renovation. One of the few building commissions he had during the Great War, it was unfinished when Kitchener died in 1916.[5]
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