C. F. A. Voysey pioneers the English…

C. F. A. Voysey pioneers the English Vernacular style in domestic architecture.

In 1893 Voysey had obtained his first commission for a relatively expensive house, Perrycroft, at Colwall, near Malvern.

From then until 1910 Voysey will receive a steady stream of architectural commissions; most are simple, white country or suburban houses with low, spreading lines, for which he becomes famous.

He introduces some mannered, even eccentric, classical detailing into two fairly expensive houses in Surrey, designed in 1897: New Place, near Haslemere, and Norney, near Shackleford. but there is a return to simplicity at Broad Leys and Moorcrag, the lakeside houses near Windermere that he designs in 1898.