Basic Site Details Name: | The Leys | Town, district or village: | Elstree | City or county: | Hertfordshire | Country: | England | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Barnet Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1862 | | Design exhibited | | | 1901 | | | | | 1921 | 1922 | | Lodge and gates | | 1923 | 1924 | | New wing |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | John Macvicar Anderson | | | 1862 | | Earlier building on the same site? | | George Walton | | A | 1901 | | | | George Walton | | B | 1921 | 1922 | Lodge and gates | | George Walton | | C | 1923 | 1924 | New wing |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Wellington, J B B | Client for all phases of work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1862, no 896 | | Moon, Karen | 1993 | George Walton, Designer and Architect | | | p84-92, 166, 171 | | Muthesius, Herman | 1904 | Das Englische Haus | | See translation by Denis Sharp and Janet Seligman 1979 | p54 | | Sparrow, W S | 1904 | The British Home Today | | | C11, C13, E13 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Drawings Collection | | Drawings for lodge andf gates and extension of 1923-4 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | George Walton: L v21 no1652 |
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