Lot 300
A Cotswold stone roof tile
Auction: 24 April 2001 at 12:00 BST
Description
from the roof of the barn at Great Coxwell, Berkshire, with wooden fixing peg, bears label
18cm long
Footnote
Provenance; Arthur Halcrow Verstage, Godalming, Surrey
Note; "Unapproachable in its dignity, as beautiful as a cathedral, yet without the ostentation of the builders art."; so wrote William Morris of the magnificent tithe barn at Great Coxwell.Built in the 13th century by Cistercian monks this buiding completely fulfills the Arts and Crafts tenet that form should follow function, and contributed to Morris' decision to move to Kelmscott Manor 12 miles away. Arthur Verstage was Hon. Secretary to the Kelmscott Fellowship.
cf: Philip Henderson, William Morris; His work & friends, pub. London 1986, page 225