DOI Heft:
No. 37 (April, 1896)
DOI Artikel:The revival of English domestic architecture, [3], The work of Mr. Ernest George
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17296#0172
The Revival of English Domestic A rchitecture
delightful water-colours, volumes of admirable
etchings, can also be referred to as circumstantial
evidence that Europe has few if any hidden secrets
of architecture kept from him. And in this context
perhaps the biographical details which are so diffi-
cult to weave into a notice of the hero's work may
come in with as little sense of incongruity as any-
where.
Mr. Ernest George was born, and has always
lived, in the South of London ; and for nearly forty
years past in Streatham, where he has built his
house, which will be illustrated in another issue of
The Studio. When he first knew Streatham it
was a pretty suburban village, with a thick avenue
upon the high-road now lined with electric-lighted
shops. These latter, however, are not seen from
Redroofs, as he has entitled his house, which is set
on the top of a gorse-covered common. His
enthusiasm for the old world began as a boy, in
continental expeditions in company with his father,
who encouraged his taste for sketching, which still
remains his happiest pastime.
Later on he was articled to S. Hewitt, a young
architect in the Adelphi, who did not long survive
the term of Mr. George's pupilage, and left behind
no noteworthy work. He then became a pupil of
the Royal Academy, and took the R.A. gold medal.
At the age of twenty-two years, he joined with a
fellow-student and medallist, Thomas Vaughan,
and began to practise ; but, despite the successful
career then initiated, he now considers the step was
taken too early in life. Messrs. George and Vaughan
founded a good practice and were doing con-
siderable work when the latter died. Among the
works under their joint control, perhaps Rousden
Dene, for Sir Henry Peek, may rank as the most
important. As in turning over a file of illustrated
papers you light on a picture of this Devonshire
mansion, you recognise it as an old friend, a
drawing that delighted students of modern archi-
tecture long before the author's name had become
familiar.
After working alone for a year, Mr. George was
joined by Mr. Harold Peto. The partnership seems
delightful water-colours, volumes of admirable
etchings, can also be referred to as circumstantial
evidence that Europe has few if any hidden secrets
of architecture kept from him. And in this context
perhaps the biographical details which are so diffi-
cult to weave into a notice of the hero's work may
come in with as little sense of incongruity as any-
where.
Mr. Ernest George was born, and has always
lived, in the South of London ; and for nearly forty
years past in Streatham, where he has built his
house, which will be illustrated in another issue of
The Studio. When he first knew Streatham it
was a pretty suburban village, with a thick avenue
upon the high-road now lined with electric-lighted
shops. These latter, however, are not seen from
Redroofs, as he has entitled his house, which is set
on the top of a gorse-covered common. His
enthusiasm for the old world began as a boy, in
continental expeditions in company with his father,
who encouraged his taste for sketching, which still
remains his happiest pastime.
Later on he was articled to S. Hewitt, a young
architect in the Adelphi, who did not long survive
the term of Mr. George's pupilage, and left behind
no noteworthy work. He then became a pupil of
the Royal Academy, and took the R.A. gold medal.
At the age of twenty-two years, he joined with a
fellow-student and medallist, Thomas Vaughan,
and began to practise ; but, despite the successful
career then initiated, he now considers the step was
taken too early in life. Messrs. George and Vaughan
founded a good practice and were doing con-
siderable work when the latter died. Among the
works under their joint control, perhaps Rousden
Dene, for Sir Henry Peek, may rank as the most
important. As in turning over a file of illustrated
papers you light on a picture of this Devonshire
mansion, you recognise it as an old friend, a
drawing that delighted students of modern archi-
tecture long before the author's name had become
familiar.
After working alone for a year, Mr. George was
joined by Mr. Harold Peto. The partnership seems