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Stedman Blower Architects
Practice information
Key architectsArthur Stedman, Michael Blower
Founded1895 (1895)
LocationHampshire, GU30 7AH
Significant works and honors
Awards1982 The Times/RICS Awards, 1998 RIBA Awards

Stedman Blower Architects is an architectural firm and interior design practice based in Hampshire. It is known for being one of the World's oldest architectural practices continuously operating. [1][2].

The firm

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Stedman Blower was founded by Arthur Stedman in 1895 in the Surrey town of Farnham.[3] He was followed in practice by his son Leonard in the 1930s, who continued after Arthur’s retirement in the 1940s.[4] In the mid-1960s Leonard was joined in Partnership by Michael Blower. Michael became principal by the end of the 1960s, after which the practice was taken over by the latter’s sons Robert & Damien in the 1990s.[5] Damien Blower continues as the Firm's owner and principal as of 2005.

Notable Projects

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The Firm built a large number of projects in its first 70 years under both Stedmans, some of them now Listed Buildings, such as the Macdonalds Alsmhouses[6] and 49 Castle Street,[7] both in Farnham. These projects are good examples of vernacular and classical traditions within a local regional context, the best of many hundreds of such projects built by the Stedmans in the region.[8] Under Michael Blower post-1964 and in a regional context, sometimes with the Farnham Buildings Preservation Trust and Roderick Gradidge, Michael preserved and adapted a number of fine and important historic buildings, many Listed.[9][10][11]. The Firm was a recipient of a number of national awards in this period including First Prize by the RICS/The Times for the preservation of The Tanyard, Farnham's oldest house in 1982 and an RIBA Award for The New House with Roderick Gradidge in 1998. After 1995, when Robert and Damien Blower took over, the Firm increasingly specialised in heritage work and particularly on high-end residential projects, a trend that continues. Damien designed the Threshing Barn which appeared in Grand Designs TV's 3rd Series and also a country house on Mount Harry in Lewes which won House & Garden Magazine's 'Project of the Year 2023'. Other projects have been featured in the national press including The Observer and The Daily Telegraph. [12][13][14][15][16].

Legacy

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The practice’s archive - held through the Blower Foundation - [17] of drawings, artefacts and documents remains almost complete and is a rare and substantive survival that records the day-to-day practice of architecture in a regional context during a dense period of English architectural history.[18] These archives on and offline include thousands of documents and drawings from nationally important architects such as Sir Edwin Lutyens, Philip Webb, Detmar Blow and Harold Falkner amongst others. The archive also includes large and wide-ranging surveys of locally and regionally important architects such as those buildings by Guy Maxwell Aylwin and Stedman Blower. The Foundation is closely associated with Stedman Blower, operating partially as a non-profit branch of, and sustained financially by, the practice.[19]

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  • Macdonald's Almshouses, West Street, Farnham, Surrey (Circa 1905/6), by Arthur J Stedman (1868-1858) for George Edward Macdonald Will Trust.
    Macdonald's Almshouses, West Street, Farnham, Surrey (Circa 1905/6), by Arthur J Stedman (1868-1858) for George Edward Macdonald Will Trust.
  • Project for a church in Ash Vale, Surrey by Arthur Stedman (Circa early 1900's)
    Project for a church in Ash Vale, Surrey by Arthur Stedman (Circa early 1900's)
  • Frensham Grange, Frensham, Surrey by Arthur Stedman (1908)
    Frensham Grange, Frensham, Surrey by Arthur Stedman (1908)
  • Proposals for a house in Frimley, Surrey by Arthur Stedman (Early 1900's)
    Proposals for a house in Frimley, Surrey by Arthur Stedman (Early 1900's)
  • Elevational line drawing of 30-36 South Street, Farnham, Surrey prior to demolition in 1990, by Michael Blower
    Elevational line drawing of 30-36 South Street, Farnham, Surrey prior to demolition in 1990, by Michael Blower

Glossary of projects

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  • The Blower Foundation (for cultural connection) is a registered UK Charity devoted to cultural heritage and expression and Collections – Blower Foundation holds an online archive of drawings and buildings designed by the practice.

Principals and directors

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1895–1945

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1945–1995

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1995–present

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References

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Notes
  1. ^ "Where will the drawings go". Context. Institute of Historic Building Conservation. December 2022.
  2. ^ McCloud, Grace (July 2022). "Lessons from the Past". The Almanac. London: Inigo.
  3. ^ "No 100-Arthur J Stedman". Vol 1 Licenciates Nomination Papers. Royal Institute of British Architects. 1910.
  4. ^ "No 4075-Leonard R Stedman". Associate Nomination Papers. Royal Institute of British Architects. 1926.
  5. ^ "Residential". Architects Journal. London: Metropolis International. 14 January 1999.
  6. ^ "1-8, MACDONALDS ALMSHOUSES Farnham - 1243672 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  7. ^ "49, CASTLE STREET, Farnham - 1044658 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  8. ^ "FARNHAM CEMETERY CHAPEL, Farnham - 1272762 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  9. ^ "Tancred's Ford, Surrey". Country Life. Country Life. November 1983.
  10. ^ "How to recycle a house". Country Life. Country Life. September 1998.
  11. ^ "Astragal-The Right Place". Architects Journal. The Architectural Press. April 1983.
  12. ^ "A mix of Styles". Building Design Magazine. London: United Business Media. 25 November 2005.
  13. ^ Lutyens, Dominic (March 2004). "Brave New World". Grand Designs Magazine. Epping: Media 10 Ltd.
  14. ^ White, Anna (26 November 2016). "The Architect Matchmakers". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  15. ^ Lutyens, Dominic (8 February 2004). "Thinking Outside the Box". The Observer. London: Guardian Media Group.
  16. ^ Elliot, Liz (17 March 2023). "A Country House Overlooking the South Downs". House & Garden. London: Condé Nast UK.
  17. ^ The Charity Commission[1]
  18. ^ Curtis, William.j.r (1996). Modern architecture since 1900. London: Phaidon. ISBN 0-7148-3356-8.
  19. ^ "Where will the drawings go". Context. Institute of Historic Building Conservation. December 2022.
  20. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (2022). The Buildings of England-Surrey. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 119, 337, 345, 631, 688. ISBN 978-0-300-23478-7.
  21. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (2022). The Buildings of England-Surrey. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 328, 335. ISBN 978-0-300-23478-7.
  22. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (2022). The Buildings of England-Surrey. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-300-23478-7.
  23. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (2022). The Buildings of England-Surrey. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 336, 450, 685. ISBN 978-0-300-23478-7.
  24. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (2022). The Buildings of England-Surrey. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 195, 198, 372. ISBN 978-0-300-23478-7.
  25. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (2022). The Buildings of England-Surrey. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 195, 682. ISBN 978-0-300-23478-7.
  26. ^ IHBC
  27. ^ "New Fellows". RSA Journal. London: Royal Society of Arts. October 2007.
  28. ^ "Young at Heart". House & Garden. Conde Nast. March 2023.
  29. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (2022). The Buildings of England-Surrey. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-300-23478-7.
Bibliography
  • The Buildings of England: Surrey, by Ian Nairn & Nicholas Pevsner. London: Yale University Press, 2002 2nd ed (hardback, ISBN 0-300-09675-5).
  • West Surrey Architects, by Christopher Budgen. Woking: Heritage of Waverley, 2002 (paperback, ISBN 0-9542131-0-6).
  • Harold Falkner: More Than an Arts & Crafts Architect, by Sam Osmond. Chichester: Phillimore, 2003 (paperback, ISBN 1-86077-253-6).
  • Tancreds Ford, Country Life 17 & 24 November 1983, by Michael Hall
  • Kingswood Hanger, Country Life 3 September 1998, by Clive Aslet
  • Barns-Living in converted and reinvented spaces (pp 140–149), by Dominic Bradbury and Mark Luscombe-Whyte, 2004 (Conran Octopus, ISBN 1 84091 347 9).
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