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40_ An impressive estate desk in walnut designed by Alfred WaterhouseAn impressive estate desk in walnut designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830 - 1905) for the library at 'Blackmore' Lord Selborne's Gothic House in Petersfield Hampshire. Maker J.Capel. Circa 1880. Alfred Waterhouse was born in Liverpool in 1830 and moved to Manchester in 1854 to set up his own practice. He won his first competition in 1859 to design Manchester's Assizes Courts. This commission rapidly built his reputation as a Gothic designer and by 1865 Waterhouse was in London and working on Captain Fowkes design for the Natural History Museum, probably his finest commission. Height: 43"/1105mm.
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