This is the Voysey House in Bedford Park, Turnham Green. I am quite obsessed by it. It reminds me of Japanese buildings, Scottish castles and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Voysey was an Arts and Crafts designer who produced a few buildings ( including another very interesting factory in Chiswick which I hope to paint later) but was also a wonderful designer of fabrics and wallpapers. Most of his architecture is countrybhouses so this is a rarity.
Bizarrely this house was criticised at the time as being old fashioned although to be it looks super modern compared to the red brick ones that surround it.
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