William West Neve
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William West Neve was an English architect in the Arts and Crafts
style.
Neve was educated at Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire and began his architectural training as an assistant in the office of Richard Norman Shaw
before leaving in 1877 to practice on his own at No.4 Chilworth Street, London and later from 1878 at No.5 Bloomsbury Square, London. From 1882 onwards, Neve worked in partnership with fellow ex-Norman Shaw pupil Ernest Newton
.
Neve is the great-uncle of the British Ambassador Glencairn Balfour Paul
and a cousin of the cricketer John Neve
.
.
, the wife of Sir Albert Kaye Rollit
, M.P. Between 1928-31, the stables at Kingsbury Manor were used as a receiving station by John Logie Baird
for experimental television transmissions sent from Berlin.
in south-west Scotland
, including St. Ninian’s Chapel of Ease (1887), Glenluiart (1901) and an L-shaped row of cottages at Dunreggan (1906). Neve's drawings of Glenluiart are held at the Archive Centre, Dumfries
, under the title of 'House at Craigdarroch'.
Arts and Crafts movement
Arts and Crafts was an international design philosophy that originated in England and flourished between 1860 and 1910 , continuing its influence until the 1930s...
style.
Background
Born in Cranbrook, Kent, Neve was the youngest of seven siblings and the only son of solicitor William Tanner Neve and his spouse Maria West.Neve was educated at Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire and began his architectural training as an assistant in the office of Richard Norman Shaw
Richard Norman Shaw
Richard Norman Shaw RA , was an influential Scottish architect from the 1870s to the 1900s, known for his country houses and for commercial buildings.-Life:...
before leaving in 1877 to practice on his own at No.4 Chilworth Street, London and later from 1878 at No.5 Bloomsbury Square, London. From 1882 onwards, Neve worked in partnership with fellow ex-Norman Shaw pupil Ernest Newton
Ernest Newton
Ernest Newton, FRIBA, ARA was an English architect and President of Royal Institute of British Architects.-Life:Newton was the son of an estate manager of Bickley, Kent. He was educated at Uppingham School. He married, in 1881, Antoinette Johanna Hoyack, of Rotterdam, and had three sons...
.
Neve is the great-uncle of the British Ambassador Glencairn Balfour Paul
Glencairn Balfour Paul
Glencairn Balfour Paul CMG was the British Ambassador to Iraq, Jordan and Tunisia before becoming an academic at Exeter University....
and a cousin of the cricketer John Neve
John Neve
John Tanner Neve was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played one first-class match for the MCC in 1936.-Career:...
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Chelsfield Church
In 1893, Neve along with assistant Frank Brind, a relative of the client, proposed a design to remodel elements of Chelsfield Church, Kent. This included the construction of a vestry and the installation of a new organ. The original drawings for this scheme are preserved in the library of Canterbury CathedralCanterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site....
.
Kingsbury Manor
In 1899, Neve designed a large halftimbered manor house at Roe Green Park, London for Mary, dowager Duchess of SutherlandGeorge Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland
George Granville William Sutherland Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland , styled Viscount Trentham until 1833, Earl Gower in 1833 and Marquess of Stafford between 1833 and 1861, was a British politician.-Background:Sutherland was the son of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland...
, the wife of Sir Albert Kaye Rollit
Albert Rollit
Sir Albert Kaye Rollit was a British politician, lawyer, and businessman.Born in Hull, he became a solicitor and went on to become president of the Law Society. He later became a shipowner. In 1886 he was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for the South Islington constituency...
, M.P. Between 1928-31, the stables at Kingsbury Manor were used as a receiving station by John Logie Baird
John Logie Baird
John Logie Baird FRSE was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first practical, publicly demonstrated television system, and also the world's first fully electronic colour television tube...
for experimental television transmissions sent from Berlin.
Moniaive
Several Arts and Crafts style buildings by Neve were commissioned by his sister Ellen Maria Monteith – the widow of Glencairn Parish Minister John Monteith - in the village of MoniaiveMoniaive
Moniaive is a village in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway, near Thornhill, on the A702 road and B729 road. Population 520 . The name is from Gaelic monadh-abh and means "Hill of Streams". It is situated at the northern end of the very scenic and tranquil Cairn Valley...
in south-west Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, including St. Ninian’s Chapel of Ease (1887), Glenluiart (1901) and an L-shaped row of cottages at Dunreggan (1906). Neve's drawings of Glenluiart are held at the Archive Centre, Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, under the title of 'House at Craigdarroch'.