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October 2014

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Water View The open-air porches, terraces, and pathways create a charming country retreat . designers who called themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Instead of replicating what originally stood on the site, they looked to the roots of the Shingle Style in the English Arts and Crafts Movement. "The wife is an Anglophile, and her husband is from the United Kingdom," Margolis says. "She told me that she wanted a house inspired by the architec- ture of Philip Webb." Philip Webb (1831–1915), sometimes called the Father of Arts and Crafts Architecture, designed some of the most influential houses of the 19th century. Famous for his comfortable, unpreten- tious country homes, Webb also de- signed furniture, wallpaper, tapestries, and stained glass. Webb's first com- mission was the 1859 Red House, fellow 171 Pre-Raphaelite William Morris's eclectic country home. "We were deeply influenced by houses designed and decorated by Philip Webb and William Morris," the homeowner confirms. "We especially loved Standen, and modeled a number of elements in our house on things we first saw there." Built by Webb and Morris in the 1890s, Standen is now a British National Trust property termed "a gem of the Arts and Crafts Movement." Its influ- ence is clear in this house adapted to its site close to Manchester's delight- ful harbor. With a stucco first floor, a clapboard-clad second story, deeply bracketed roof overhangs, and a walk- out basement built of Cape Ann granite, the 7,500-square-foot house features the mixed materials and emphasis on struc-

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