Arts & Crafts Chronicler

The Life and Work of Sir Lawrence Weaver

Lawrence Trevelyan Weaver, Timothy Brittain-Catlin

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Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
11 September 2025

History of architecture

Lawrence Weaver is best remembered as a critic, journalist, and champion of many country-house architects of his time, including Edwin Lutyens and Robert Lorimer. Surveying some 20 books and more than 500 articles he wrote, this book offers a rich portrait of a remarkably able and charismatic man, illustrating his wide-ranging career and the famous and talented professional and social circles he moved in.

It traces Weaver’s journey from travelling salesman to antiquarian historian and author on leadwork, to architectural editor of Country Life from 1909 until 1917. His publications, on country houses, old, restored and new, also included studies of memorials and modern cottage design, establishing him as an exponent and champion of Arts & Crafts architectural styles and guardian of what he regarded as fine examples of the best buildings of the past.

Weaver’s career and interests were broad and widely influential: leaving Country Life he took on leading roles in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Design and Industries Association, Ashtead Potteries, the Rural Industries Bureau, and the British Empire Exhibition. In all these activities the principles and ideals of the Arts & Crafts Movement – fitness of design for purpose and fine craftsmanship – which had inspired his earlier interests defined his outlook.

The book concludes with a critical appraisal by Timothy Brittain-Catlin that sets Weaver within the broader context of architectural criticism, comparing his approach to that of A.W.N. Pugin, J.C. Loudon and H. Avray-Tipping.

By: Lawrence Trevelyan Weaver
With: Timothy Brittain-Catlin
Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 20mm
ISBN: 9781848227255
ISBN 10: 1848227256
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 11 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lawrence Trevelyan Weaver is a retired professor of child health whose interests and publications have turned to history and biography. He inherited a substantial archive of his grandfather’s papers which form the core substance of this book. His publications include Painter of Pedigree (Unicorn, 2017) and White Blood (Unicorn, 2021). Timothy Brittain-Catlin runs the Architecture Apprenticeship course at the University of Cambridge. His publications include Edwardians and their Houses (Lund Humphries, 2020).

Reviews for Arts & Crafts Chronicler: The Life and Work of Sir Lawrence Weaver

'Lawrence Weaver's name is familiar to enthusiasts for Arts & Crafts architecture but this fascinating biography reveals for the first time the remarkable range of his activities alongside his writing career, from his early life selling ironmongery to his work as a civil servant, founder of Ashstead Potters, exhibitions organiser and dedicated promoter of modern craft and design.' - Dr Annette Carruthers, School of Art History, University of St Andrews