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28-537: Hursley House is an 18th-century Queen Anne style mansion in Hursley , near Winchester in the English county of Hampshire . The building is Grade II* listed . The Hursley estate was bought by William Heathcote, MP from the daughters of Richard Cromwell . Cromwell had acquired the estate by marriage to the daughter of Richard Major , MP. Heathcote commissioned the present house to be built between 1721 and 1724, during

56-577: A porch covering part or all of the front façade, including the primary entrance area; a second-story porch or balconies; pedimented porches; differing wall textures, such as patterned wood shingles shaped into varying designs, including resembling fish scales, terra cotta tiles, relief panels, or wooden shingles over brickwork, etc.; dentils ; classical columns; spindle work; oriel and bay windows; horizontal bands of leaded windows; monumental chimneys; painted balustrades ; and wooden or slate roofs. Front gardens often had wooden fences. In Australia

84-538: A feature, as were the image of the rising sun and Australian wildlife, plus circular windows, turrets, and towers with conical or pyramid-shaped roofs. The first Queen Anne house in Australia was Caerleon in the suburb of Bellevue Hill , Sydney . Caerleon was designed initially by a Sydney architect, Harry Kent , but was then substantially reworked in London by Maurice Adams . This led to some controversy over who deserved

112-591: A vice-president of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society since 2005. Binney was instrumental in saving Calke Abbey in Derbyshire and its contents for the nation in 1984; he had highlighted and publicised the loss to the nation of such historic houses following the failure of Save's attempts to preserve Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, a decade earlier. He also writes widely on

140-1017: Is the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Crofton Simms MC and his wife, Sonia (née Beresford Whyte). His father was in the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) in the Second World War . He was captured in Libya in January 1942 prior to being held as a prisoner of war in Italy and escaped from a lorry in transit in Northern italy and stayed free until he was able to cross the Allied lines in Southern Italy. His mother worked in code-breaking . Following his father's death and his mother's remarriage to Sir George Binney (DSO) in 1955, Marcus took his stepfather's surname. Binney

168-512: Is used to describe a wide range of picturesque buildings with "free Renaissance" (non- Gothic Revival architecture ) details and as an alternative both to the French-derived Second Empire and the less "domestic" Beaux-Arts architecture , is broadly applied to architecture, furniture, and decorative arts of the period 1880 to 1910; some "Queen Anne" architectural elements, such as the wraparound front porch, continued to be found into

196-631: The Arts and Crafts movement than its American counterpart. A good example is Severalls Hospital in Colchester, Essex (1913–1997), which is now defunct. The historical precedents of the architectural style were broad and several: In the 20th century, Edwin Lutyens and others used an elegant version of the style, usually with red-brick walls contrasting with pale stone details. In the United States, "Queen Anne"

224-630: The 100 acres (405,000 m²) of surrounding land and have since erected a large modern office complex employing over 1500 people. The original house is still used by IBM as an Executive Briefing Centre. The lower ground floor of the house is home to the IBM Hursley Museum, a computing museum that covers the history of IBM Hursley Park, IBM United Kingdom and IBM Corporation. 51°01′36″N 1°23′55″W  /  51.02655°N 1.39870°W  / 51.02655; -1.39870 Queen Anne style architecture With respect to British architecture ,

252-565: The 1870s. American commercial builders quickly adopted the style. Shaw's eclectic designs often included Tudor elements, and this "Old English" style also became popular in the United States, where it became known (inaccurately) as the Queen Anne style. Confusion between buildings constructed during the reign of Queen Anne and the "Queen Anne" style persists, especially in England. British Victorian Queen Anne architecture empathises more closely with

280-570: The 1920s. The gabled and domestically scaled style arrived in New York City with the new housing for the New York House and School of Industry Sidney V. Stratton , architect, 1878. Distinctive features of American Queen Anne architecture may include an asymmetrical façade ; dominant front-facing gable , often cantilevered beyond the plane of the wall below; overhanging eaves ; round, square, or polygonal tower(s); shaped and Dutch gables ;

308-599: The Federation Queen Anne style was the Federation Bungalow , featuring extended verandahs. This style generally incorporated familiar Queen Anne elements, but usually in simplified form. Some prominent examples are: Marcus Binney Marcus Hugh Crofton Binney CBE ( né Marcus Hugh Crofton Simms ; 21 September 1944) is a British architectural historian and author. He is best known for his conservation work regarding Britain's heritage. Binney

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336-547: The United States is a wholly different style, as in Australia, and normally includes no elements typical of the actual architecture of Queen Anne's reign, the names being devised for marketing purposes. George Devey (1820–1886) and the better-known Norman Shaw (1831–1912) popularized the Queen Anne style of British architecture of the industrial age in the 1870s. Norman Shaw published a book of architectural sketches as early as 1858, and his evocative pen-and-ink drawings began to appear in trade journals and artistic magazines in

364-474: The conservation of the built environment. From 1977 until 1984 he was Architectural Editor of the British Country Life magazine. He served as Editor from 1984 to 1986, and continues to contribute articles to the magazine. He has been the architectural correspondent of The Times since 1991. He was founding Chairman of Heritage Link in 2002. Binney authored numerous books, mostly concerned with

392-682: The credit. The house was built in 1885 and was the precursor for the Federation Queen Anne house that was to become so popular. The APA Building in the Melbourne central business district was an example of the Queen Anne style being used for non-residential purposes. However, at some stage, the building may have been apartments. It was demolished in 1981 after the modernism boom in Melbourne took off – factors that sealed its demolition included rapacious development, lax heritage attitudes in Australian cities, and

420-425: The front formal elevation. Colours were made to contrast with carefully chosen red brick for the walls, with details in a lighter stone that is often rather richly carved. Christopher Wren used this technique, which achieved a rich effect for a considerably lower cost than using stone as a facing throughout, in his rebuilding of Hampton Court Palace , commissioned by William and Mary . Here, it harmonized well with

448-885: The house that can be seen today. Sir George was created a baronet in 1905. During the First World War the second floor of the house was made available as a nursing hospital for officers. It was intended to turn it over again as a military hospital during the Second World War but Sir George died in 1940. It was requisitioned instead by the Ministry of Aircraft Production (MAP) to rehouse the Design and Production departments of Vickers Supermarine , which had been bombed out of its original premises in Woolston, Hampshire and found that its initial alternative location at Southampton University College

476-533: The influence of Richard Norman Shaw contributed to the development of the Federation style , of which the heyday lasted from 1890 to 1915, and which is subdivided into twelve phases, Federation Queen Anne being one and the most popular style for houses built between 1890 and 1910. The style often used Tudor-style woodwork and elaborate fretwork that replaced the Victorian taste for wrought iron. Verandahs were usually

504-707: The nation. It campaigns for the preservation and reuse of endangered historic buildings, placing particular emphasis on finding new uses for them. In 1975, he was awarded the London Conservation Medal. He was also involved in the foundation of the Railway Heritage Trust and the Thirties Society (now Twentieth Century Society ) and Save Jersey's Heritage, was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2004, and has been

532-613: The owner's decision to argue for a demolition permit, which was granted. Caerleon was followed soon after by West Maling, in the suburb of Penshurst, New South Wales , and Annesbury, in the suburb of Ashfield , both built circa 1888. Although built around the same time, these houses had distinct styles, West Maling displaying a robust Tudor influence that was not present in Annesbury. The style became increasingly popular, appealing predominantly to reasonably well-off people with an "Establishment" leaning. The style as it developed in Australia

560-441: The preservation of Britain's architectural heritage; while many of these can be typified by such titles as " The Country House: To Be or Not to Be " and "Re-use of Industrial Buildings" he has also written books dealing with the experiences of those involved in secret operations during World War II , such as " Secret War Heroes: The Men of Special Operations " and " The Women Who Lived for Danger ". He has lectured on architecture in

588-580: The reign of George I , and was created a baronet in 1733. The estate descended in the Heathcote family to the 5th Baronet , whose widow sold it after his death in 1881 to Joseph Baxendale, the owner of the Pickfords logistics and removal company. He sold it in 1902 to Sir George Cooper whose wife, Mary Emma Smith, an American railways heiress from Chicago, commissioned architect Alexander Marshall Mackenzie to carry out extensive development work in 1902 to create

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616-518: The remaining Tudor parts of the palace. This highly visible example probably influenced many others. The architectural historian Marcus Binney , writing in The Times in 2006, describes Poulton House in Poulton, Wiltshire (built in 1706, during the reign of Queen Anne) as "...Queen Anne at its most delightful". Binney lists what he describes as the typical features of the Queen Anne style: When using

644-491: The revived "Queen Anne style" of the 19th and 20th centuries, the historical reference in the name should not be taken at all literally, as buildings said to be in the "Queen Anne style" in other parts of the English-speaking world normally bear even less resemblance to English buildings of the early 18th century than those of any style of revival architecture to the original. In particular, Queen Anne style architecture in

672-452: The term is mostly used for domestic buildings up to the size of a manor house , and usually designed elegantly but simply by local builders or architects rather than the grand palaces of noble magnates. The term is not often used for churches. Contrary to the American usage of the term, it is characterised by strongly bilateral symmetry , with an Italianate or Palladian -derived pediment on

700-600: Was a co-curator of the Destruction of the Country House exhibition , held at the V&;A in 1974, with Roy Strong and John Harris , which gave impetus to the movement to conserve British country houses . He was a driving force behind the foundation of Save Britain's Heritage (Save) the following year, and remains its president. Save is devoted to the salvation of Britain's architectural heritage and retention of such buildings for

728-570: Was also the target of bombing. The move began 7 December 1940. During its time in the House, Supermarine worked on the development of many aircraft, most famously the Spitfire but also such early jet fighters as the Attacker , Swift and Scimitar . Mary Cooper continued to live at the house until late 1942. In 1958 IBM started using the House and its grounds as development laboratories. In 1963 IBM purchased

756-595: Was educated at Eton College and read history of art at the University of Cambridge . The architect Walter Ison was a family friend, who encouraged the young Binney to study Sir Robert Taylor for his PhD. Binney married the Honourable Sara Anne Vanneck, daughter of Gerald Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck, 6th Baron Huntingfield , on 23 August 1966. They were divorced in 1976. She died in 1979. Binney remarried, to Anne Hills. Binney has two children. Binney

784-523: Was highly eclectic, blending Queen Anne elements with various Australian influences. Old English characteristics like ribbed chimneys and gabled roofs were combined with Australian aspects like encircling verandahs, designed to keep the sun out. One outstanding example of this eclectic approach is Urrbrae House , in the Adelaide suburb of Urrbrae , part of the Waite Institute. Another variation connected to

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