Ernest Gimson

Ernest Gimson
Born
Ernest William Gimson

(1864-12-21)21 December 1864
Leicester, England
Died12 August 1919(1919-08-12) (aged 54)
Sapperton, England
OccupationArchitect
Drawing of Stoneywell by Ernest Gimson, July 1898.
Ernest Gimson Blue Plaque displayed at the Belmont Hotel, De Montfort Street / New Walk, Leicester.


Ernest William Gimson (/ˈdʒɪmsən/; 21 December 1864 – 12 August 1919) was an English furniture designer and architect. Gimson was described by the art critic Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest of the English architect-designers".[1] Today his reputation is securely established as one of the most influential designers of the English Arts and Crafts movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

  1. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1964). Pioneers of Modern Design. London: Penguin Books. p. 152.