The C F A Voysey Society

In his speech of thanks for the dinner that was given to mark his 70th birthday in 1927, the architect and designer C F A (Charles) Voysey (1857-1941) declared: ‘my work was never popular, therefore you must all see how my position here tonight is due to my many kind friends more than to myself’. It is unlikely that that was true at the time, and it is certainly not true today. The C F A Voysey Society, founded in 2011, brings together his myriad fans from around the world – people who would consider themselves fortunate indeed if they could live in one of the 40 or so Arts and Crafts buildings that Voysey designed over the course of his career. The French-style south corner tow