The Glass House (Fulham)

The Glass House
Location of The Glass House in Greater London
General information
Location	Fulham, London, England
Address	9, 10, 11, 12 Lettice Street
Coordinates	51°28′27″N 0°12′16″W / 51.4742°N 0.2044°W / 51.4742; -0.2044Coordinates: 51°28′27″N 0°12′16″W / 51.4742°N 0.2044°W / 51.4742; -0.2044
Completed	1906 (1906)
Technical details
Floor count	2
Design and construction
Architect	Charles Henry Bourne Quennell
Other designers	Christopher Whall, Alfred J. Drury

The Glass House building was a "purpose-built stained-glass studio and workshop" for stained glass artists in Fulham, London. Having gone into partnership in 1896, Mary Lowndes and Alfred Drury had The Glass House built in 1906 for use by independent stained glass artists.

The Glass House was established at 9, 10, 11 and 12 Lettice Street in Fulham by Mary Lowndes and A.J. Drury as a stained glass studio in 1906. It is a two storey building, with paired windows on the ground floor and tall, segmental headed studio windows on the first floor; the lighting was good for stained glass work. Four gabled main bays are found in the building. The exterior is faced with stock brick, the porch is a corniced and pilastered Doric style. The pitched roof is tiled.

Christopher Whall and Alfred Drury designed the building, built in 1906, that became a centre for prominent stained glass artists. The official architect was Charles Henry Bourne Quennell.

Lowndes designed, coloured and created Art Nouveau stained glass works. She groomed many women stained glass designers and artists, such as Wilhelmina Geddes. The artists could leverage the skills of other artists at the studio and yet obtain their own commissions. Drury particularly focused on the creation of stained glass pieces. Together they commissioned for design, painting and creation projects.

Independent artists who had studios there, or who were otherwise connected, included Edward Liddall Armitage, Hugh Arnold, Robert Anning Bell, Louis Davis, Clare Dawson, Moira Forsyth, Wilhelmina Geddes, Henry Holiday, Mary Lowndes, Rachel de Montmorency, Karl Parsons, Lilian Josephine Pocock, Margaret Agnes Rope, M. E. Aldrich Rope, Arild Rosenkrantz, Theodora Salusbury, Margaret Thompson, Martin Travers, and Christopher Whall. Many of the artists had been students of Christopher Whall and were influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement.