Moor Crag

Moor Crag (sometimes Moorcrag) is a Grade I listed house near Bowness-on-Windermere in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, overlooking Windermere. It lies in the north of the parish of Cartmel Fell.^[1] It was designed by C. F. A. Voysey in 1898-1899^[2] as a holiday home for J. W.Buckley of Altrincham.^[3]

Moorcrag in the Studio Yearbook, 1907

Duncan Simpson in his 1979 work C.F.A. Voysey: an architect of individuality describes Moor Crag as "The single most important house designed by Voysey".^[4]

See also

• Cumbria portal

• Grade I listed buildings in Cumbria
• Listed buildings in Cartmel Fell

References

1. Historic England. "Moor Crag (1224960)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
2. Reid, Richard. (2010). Baustilkunde : 3500 Bauten aus der alten und neuen Welt; alle Epochen und Stile in über 1700 Zeichnungen. Hipp, H. Rüdiger (Neuaufl ed.). Leipzig: Seemann. ISBN 9783865020420. OCLC 540989989.
3. Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010). "Bowness-on-Windermere: Villas". Cumbria. Pevsner Architectural Guides. Yale UP. pp. 174–175. ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1.
4. Simpson, Duncan (1979). C.F.A. Voysey: an architect of individuality (PDF). Lund Humphries. p. 43. ISBN 978-0853314264. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

External links

• "The Residential Architecture of C. F. A. Voysey". Felhandler/ Steeneken Architects. Retrieved 15 August 2016. Two photographs of Moor Crag

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