Never look at an ugly thing twice. It is fatally easy to get accustomed to corrupting influences. – C.F.A. Voysey
The C.F.A. Voysey Society was founded in 2012 to celebrate the achievement of the architect and designer Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941), one of the leading figures in both the Arts and Crafts movement and its immediate successors. It is the Society's objective to encourage research into all aspects of Voysey's life and work and to help to maintain his legacy.
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Forthcoming meetings
- 11th June 2023: private visit to Goddards, Abinger Common, Surrey, by kind invitation of The Lutyens Trust. More information and booking procedure
- 26th July 2023: visit to Oakhill, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. More information and booking procedure
- 9th September 2023: study day and Annual General Meeting, at Kellogg College, Oxford University. More information available shortly.
Our annual research grant
Once again the C.F.A. Voysey Society is partnering with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain to offer a grant of up to £1,000 to fund a research project on the architecture and context of Voysey. More information is available on the SAHGB website.
The Society publishes an annual journal named after Voysey's own house, The Orchard. More information.
Photograph of Voysey by Lafayette Ltd, © National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG x48251, reproduced under this licence.
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The header quotation comes from 'Some fundamental ideas in relation to art' by C.F.A. Voysey, Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects (vol.31, 1924), p.303.
The C.F.A. Voysey Society was founded in 2012 to celebrate the achievement of the architect and designer Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941), one of the leading figures in both the Arts and Crafts movement and its immediate successors. It is the Society's objective to encourage research into all aspects of Voysey's life and work and to help to maintain his legacy.
News
Forthcoming meetings
- 11th June 2023: private visit to Goddards, Abinger Common, Surrey, by kind invitation of The Lutyens Trust. More information and booking procedure
- 26th July 2023: visit to Oakhill, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. More information and booking procedure
- 9th September 2023: study day and Annual General Meeting, at Kellogg College, Oxford University. More information available shortly.
Our annual research grant
Once again the C.F.A. Voysey Society is partnering with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain to offer a grant of up to £1,000 to fund a research project on the architecture and context of Voysey. More information is available on the SAHGB website.
The Society publishes an annual journal named after Voysey's own house, The Orchard. More information.
'Never look at an ugly thing twice': an online talk by our Secretary
C.F.A. Voysey on 5th July 1932.
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The header quotation comes from 'Some fundamental ideas in relation to art' by C.F.A. Voysey, Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects (vol.31, 1924), p.303.
Photograph of Voysey by Lafayette Ltd, © National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG x48251, and reproduced under this licence.
Page last amended 9th May 2023