Losh, Wilson and Bell
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Losh, Wilson and Bell, later Bells, Goodman, then Bells, Lightfoot and finally Bell Brothers, was a leading Northeast England manufacturing company, founded in 1809 by the partners William Losh, Thomas Wilson, and Thomas Bell.
Watercolour painting by John Bell of the Bell Ironworks under construction at Port Clarence, c. 1853
Lowthian Bell, by Frank Bramley. National Railway Museum, York
Losh, Wilson and Bell constructed the approaches for the Newcastle-Gateshead High Level Bridge, c. 1852
Cornish beam engine, Springhead Pumping Station: 90" engine by Bells Lightfoot
Philip Webb
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Philip Speakman Webb was a British architect and designer sometimes called the Father of Arts and Crafts Architecture. His use of vernacular architecture demonstrated his commitment to "the art of common building." William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti were his business partners and he designed many notable buildings including one for Morris. He co-founded the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
Red House, Bexleyheath, designed by Webb for William Morris
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1 Palace Green, London