Romney's House, Hollybush Hill, Hampstead, London: the writing room in the roof
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| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA24460 |
| Architect/Designer | Bunce, Samuel (d. 1802)
Williams-Ellis, Sir Clough (1883-1978)
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| Artist/Photographer | Newbery, Sydney W. (1894-1985)
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| Country | UK: England |
| City | London |
| Subject Date | 1790 |
| Image Date | 1931 |
| View | Interior |
| Style | Georgian |
| Medium | Photoprint |
| Library Reference | AP31/168 (Newbery 38087) |
| Orientation | Landscape |
| Colour / B&W |
Black and white |
| Credit |
RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
NOTES:
The noted portrait painter George Romney (1734-1804) had alterations made to this his house and studio in the late 1790s by Samuel Bunce. It later became the Hampstead Assembly Rooms and further alterations were made and again in 1930 by Clough Williams-Ellis when it became his home.
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Subject tags
architects' houses, shadows, roofs, artists' houses & studios, studies, beds