Lululaund

51°38′38.64″N 0°21′32.54″W / 51.6440667°N 0.3590389°W / 51.6440667; -0.3590389

Lululaund
Lululaund from Melbourne Road, Bushey, UK (postcard c. 1900). The south front showing main entrance[1]
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General information
TypePrivate house
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival architecture
Address43 Melbourne Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 3LL
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°38′38.64″N 00°21′32.54″W / 51.6440667°N 0.3590389°W / 51.6440667; -0.3590389
Current tenantsDemolished 1939
Construction started1886
Completed1894
ClientHubert von Herkomer
Design and construction
Architect(s)Henry Hobson Richardson
Other designersHubert Herkomer (interiors)
The wide segmental arch across most of the frontage; c. 1910
British Legion hall (2009). The arched entrance-way in the c. 1900 photo of Lululaund
Dining room, 'Human Sympathy', a frieze in painted relief; c. 1901

Lululaund was the Romanesque Revival-style house and studio of the Bavarian-born British artist Hubert von Herkomer, in Melbourne Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire. It was designed about 1886 and completed by 1894. The house was demolished in 1939.[2]

The exterior design was developed from a sketch by the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson and was the only example of his work in Europe. It was an influence on the work of English architect Charles Harrison Townsend.[2]

  1. ^ Note the unfinished square-shaped tower above the main entrance. Herkomer found that it would withhold too much light from his studio, when being built according to Richardson's design.
  2. ^ a b Lululaund Victorian Web , 23 February 2011