One of the finest Arts and Craft buildings in Britain is hosting an exhibition of stamped book cover designs from the Arts and Crafts period. Blackwells is a true Arts and Crafts house designed by architect Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott (1865 – 1945) and completed in 1900. From Rossetti to Voysey: Arts & Crafts Stamped … click to read more
Parson Jack Russell’s Doctor
Mr Thomas Linnington Ash LRCP (Edinburgh) MRCS (England) Thomas Linnington Ash was the Winsford Hospital’s first attending medical officer and a Justice of the Peace for Devon since 1890. Of interest to many will be that fact that he was also the doctor attending the Reverend Jack Russell – he who bred the eponymous terrier. … click to read more
Bernard Partridge – Winsford Trust’s Very Own Mr Punch
The Winsford archive contains the Visitor Book, started when the hospital was opened in 1900. It is clear that during the early days a number of the visitors were house guests of Molly Webb-Medley. One that stands out is Bernard Partridge (1861- 1945) who, with his wife, visited the hospital in August 1910. Punch Magazine … click to read more
Art Nouveau – The Reseau Art Nouveau Network
The Réseau Art Nouveau Network is a European coordination network, which brings together today many European cities around their magnificent Art nouveau heritage, in order to pursue an ambitious programme of study, protection and enhancer of Art nouveau. Enterprising and committed, the Network defends a scientific approach and aims in the same time to inform … click to read more
The Winsford Trust – Article For The William Morris Society 2012

Tucked away in Halwill Junction, Devon, just a few steps from the tourist route to Bude and the North Cornwall coast is a unique product of the Arts and Crafts movement. The building was a gift to the parishes of North Devon from Maria Webb-Medley, a generous patron of the arts. C.F.A. Voysey is principally … click to read more
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