Architectural Styles

Arts & Crafts

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

Craftsman

Mission

 

Wikipedia

1851-1920

  • Traditional craftsmanship
  • natural materials
  • wood, stone, and clay,
  • left in their natural state or minimally processed
  • functionality and simplicity over ornate decoration
  • large windows
  • open spaces
  • outdoor elements
  • decorative arts into architecture
  • stained glass
  • pottery
  • textiles
  • metalwork
  • UK
  • USA
  • Australia
  • Canada

Common Building Types

Landmark buildings

Historic Accommodation Types

Accommodation Examples

  • Cottages
  • houses
  • schools
  • libraries
  • community centres
  • workshops,
  • studios
  • pavilions
  • exhibition spaces
  • Red House Bexleyheath
  • C. F. A. Voysey’s Houses England
  • Holly House
  • Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire
  • Morris & Co. Showroom London
  • St. Andrew’s Church Bournville
  • Cotswold Arts and Crafts Houses
  • Standen West Sussex
  • Coleton Fishacre
  • Kingswear, Devon
  • Cagside House Rothbury
  • Morpeth, Northumberland
  • Standen West Hoathly Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex
  • Stoneywell Whitcrofts Lane, Ulverscroft, Leicestershire
  • Castle in the Clouds New Hampshire
  • Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton, UK
  • Blackwell ; Stoneywell
  • Spade House Sandgate Kent
  • Church of All Saints’, Brockhampton
  • George W. Marston House San Diego
  • Edgar Wood Centre Manchester
  • Stotfold House London
  • Oregon Public Library
  • Rodmarton Manor
  • House of the Democrat Rose Valley, Pennsylvania
  • Arts & Crafts country house hotels
  • Arts & Crafts manor house to boutique lodging
  • Arts & Crafts inns / coaching inns (rebuilt or remodelled)
  • Arts & Crafts seaside hotels
  • Arts & Crafts lodge / hunting lodge accommodation
  • Arts & Crafts garden suburb lodging
  • Arts & Crafts religious/institutional conversions;
  • Serviced cottages / Arts & Crafts holiday cottages
  • Inns
  • Guesthouses in Arts & Crafts Villas
  • Berghof Hotel (Berghof am Walde) — Tyrol, Austria
  • Old Faithful Inn — Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
  • Lake Quinault Lodge — Olympic National Park, Washington
  • Hotel Boulderado — Boulder, Colorado
  • Baker Creek Mountain Resort — Lake Louise area, Alberta, Canada

Adaptive Reuse

  • The Manor House Hotel Castle Combe, England
  • The Old Manor House Botesdale, Suffolk, England
  • The Pig Hotels — Various UK locations incl Bath
  • Beamish Hall Hotel — County Durham, England
  • Hotel Villa Cipriani — Italy
  • Arts & Crafts cottages to B&Bs – Cotswolds (England) & Santa Fe / Taos (US Southwest)

Landmarks

Original Accommodation

Adapted Visitor Accommodation