Herbert Tudor Buckland
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Herbert Tudor Buckland(20 November 1869 – 1951) was a British architect, best known for his seminalArts and Craftshouses (several of which, including his own atEdgbaston,[1]Birmingham, areGrade I listed), theElan Valleymodel village, educational buildings such as the campus of theRoyal Hospital Schoolin Suffolk andSt Hugh's CollegeinOxford.[2]
Biography
[edit]Buckland was born inBarmouth,Walesand educated atKing Edward's School, Birminghamand the school of architecture atBirmingham School of Art.After a period working forC. E. Batemanat the firmBateman and BatemanBuckland set up in independent practice in 1897, entering into partnership with Edward Haywood-Farmer in 1900. In 1914, he went into partnership withWilliam Haywood,Edward Haywood-Farmer's relative and on Haywood-Farmer's death in 1917 the practice continued with William Haywood asBuckland and Haywood.
Buckland followedWilliam Martinas architect to theSchool Boardin 1901[3]and then served as architect to the City of Birmingham Education Committee after the abolition of school boards in 1902:[4]his buildings are amongst Birmingham's most forward-looking of their time. He also sat on the Executive Council ofThe Birmingham Civic Societywhich devised many schemes for the improvement of Birmingham in the 1920s and 1930s including the purchase of many parks and open spaces which were gifted to the city. Much of modern Birmingham owes its origins to the ideas put forward by Buckland and Haywood over 75 years ago.
He was president of theBirmingham Architectural Associationfrom 1919 to 1922, and vice-president of theRoyal Institute of British Architectsfrom 1923 to 1924.[5]
The partnership of Buckland-Farmer operated from offices in Norwich Union Chambers, Corngreve Street (now demolished). Buckland & Haywood specialised in school work, and St Hugh's College, Oxford (1914–16) gained them a national reputation. Their largest work in this field is the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Suffolk (1925–33), which includes a splendid chapel.
In his domestic work Buckland showed an originality that was much admired, helping make Birmingham the centre for a magnificent group of provincial architects (a rare thing in Britain, where the Capital is one of the most metropolitan) at a time when London architects were some of the world's best. Alan Crawford, distinguished authority on the Arts and Crafts period, confirms that Buckland "developed such a highly personal style of such quality in domestic work that he must rank with the best of his time" –Edwin Lutyens,Charles VoyseyandBaillie Scott.Buckland's designs were much copied by his contemporaries and comparisons with Voysey are interesting.
Major built works
[edit]- Royal Hospital School,Holbrook,Suffolk (1933): as spaciously planned a major building as any in the neo-Wren, neo-Georgian style, its scale and formality undeniably impressive. Listed Grade II*
- Elan ValleyVillage (c.1909): an entire Model village built to service the work force of the newly constructed Elan Valley Dam.
- St Hugh's College, Oxford
- University House,Birmingham University:built in 1908, withNeville Chamberlainas the chief fund raiser. It was the first university hostel for women, and the first to admit male guests. Listed Grade II
- Walkers Factory,Digbeth.Industrial architecture is not normally associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, but Birmingham has some excellent examples: Bucklands factory for the Walkers family at 58 Oxford Street being one.
- Great Roke, Witley by Buckland and Haywood-Farmer, built in 1909, with plaster work by Catterson-Smith Jr.(nowBarrow Hills School). This house was the biggest, most ambitious house undertaken by the partners and is arguably one of the finest large houses produced by the Birmingham Movement. Alan Crawford describes it as "surely one of the last of the important essays in the Arts and Crafts manner".
Domestic buildings
[edit]- House, Sandon Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1899 for Mr. Goodman
- 21 Yateley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1899Grade I listed[6]for himself with a preserved Arts and Crafts period interior and garden based on a design byGertrude Jekyll.
- 15 Yateley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1901[7]
- 19 Yateley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1901[8]for Sir James Smith, firstLord Mayor of Birmingham
- House, Lickey Square, Barnt Green 1901 for Revd. A.W. Charles
- 22 Anchorage Road, Sutton Coldfield 1903[9]
- 24 Anchorage Road, Sutton Coldfield 1903[10]
- Moorcroft, Russell Road, Moseley, Birmingham 1906 (demolished - situated where Torridon Croft is located) for Donald Hope, managing director ofHenry Hope & Sons Ltd.
- 60 Russell Road, Moseley, Birmingham 1906 for John Chamberlain
- 15 Farquhar Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1907[11]for Charles Copeley Harding
- 17 Yateley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1907[12]for Hubert Adie, partner in Adie Brothers, Silversmiths
- Blythe Court, 7 Norfolk Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1911 built forSir Harry Gilbert Barling, 1st Baronet
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^British Listed Buildings."21, Yateley Road B15 - Birmingham - Birmingham - England | British Listed Buildings".britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.Retrieved26 August2016.
- ^"St Hugh's College Lodges and Gates - Oxford - Oxfordshire - England | British Listed Buildings".britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
- ^Birmingham Buildings, The Architectural Story of a Midland City,Bryan Little, 1971,ISBN0-7153-5295-4
- ^"Care for Children".Evening Despatch.England. 22 March 1902.Retrieved28 April2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^"Mr. H.T. Buckland".Birmingham Daily Post.England. 25 January 1951.Retrieved28 April2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^Historic England,"21, Yateley Road B15 (1076073)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved28 April2024
- ^Historic England,"15, Yateley Road B15 (1076071)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved28 April2024
- ^Historic England,"19, Yateley Road B15 (1078072)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved28 April2024
- ^Historic England,"22 Anchorage Road (1075775)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved28 April2024
- ^Historic England,"24 Anchorage Road (1343303)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved28 April2024
- ^Historic England,"Dolobram, 15 Farquhar Road (1075623)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved28 April2024
- ^Historic England,"17, Yateley Road B15 (1289960)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved28 April2024
Further reading
[edit]- Nikolaus Pevsner,The Buildings of England, Cambridgeshire,ISBN0-300-09586-4,Page: 196.
- Nikolaus Pevsner,The Buildings of England, Suffolk,ISBN0-14-071020-5,Pages: 61,275.Illust.64b.
- Nikolaus Pevsner,The Buildings of England, Warwickshire,ISBN0-300-09679-8,Pages: 187,271.
- Nikolaus Pevsner,The Buildings of England, Oxfordshire,ISBN0-14-071045-0,Page: 247.
- Roy Hartnell,Pre-Raphaelite Birmingham,ISBN1-85858-064-1,Page 110.
- Martin Hampson,Images of England, Edgbaston,ISBN0-7524-1810-6,Pages: 57,79.
- Phillada Ballard,An Oasis of Delight, The History of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens,ISBN1-85858-246-6,Page: 67.
- Douglas Hickman,Birmingham,ISBN0-289-79800-0,Pages: 83,116,141.
- Andy Foster,Pevsner Architectural Guides Birmingham,ISBN0-300-10731-5,Pages: 22,24,26,28,29,182,229,239,242,246,251,268n,288.
- Terry Slater,Edgbaston A History,ISBN1-86077-216-1,Pages: 86(illust.114),53(illust.67),34,35(illust.45),30(illust.35).
- Alan Crawford (Editor),By Hammer and Hand,ISBN0-7093-0119-7,Pages: 41,43,55–6,35
External links
[edit]- The Birmingham Civic Society
- St Hugh's College
- Royal Hospital School
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Barrow Hills School
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