The Ultimate Arts and Crafts House: Goddards by Lutyens
In this HENI Talks film, Dan Cruickshank explores the fascinating transformation of Goddards from a humble "home of rest" for nurses into a magnificent country house. Designed in 1900 for Frederick Mirrielees, the building is a testament to Lutyens' ability to fuse art, nature, and traditional craftsmanship.
Dan takes us through the medieval-inspired great hall, discovers the unique indoor skittle alley, and admires the soaring Elizabethan-style chimneys. We also explore the iconic West Garden Court, a collaborative triumph between Lutyens and the legendary garden designer Gertrude Jekyll.
Goddards remains a living example of the Arts and Crafts ideology—rejecting mass-production in favour of the beauty of natural materials and the dignity of handmade architecture.
Time Period:
20th century
Dan Cruickshank is an author, architectural historian and broadcaster.
Cruickshank is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architecture; was a visiting Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Sheffield; has served on the Executive Committee of the Georgian Group and on the Architecture Panel of the National Trust, and is a founding Trustee of the Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust.
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