This blog has been tracking down Roger Morris (architect). We have investigated whether he is frozen, reincarnated, still-to-be reincarnated, dead, a ghost....
Now we have some disturbing news - depending on the veracity of the above.
We published a picture of 'Roger Morris' POSSIBLY talking to his wife/daughter - in reincarnated form.
We also posted a video of Lydiard House - at night and recorded some of the events.
Now we have uncovered possibly the saddest evidence of all.
The video below - sent to us anonymously - shows someone who may be Roger Morris (reincarnated). He is old. He is cold. (Fresh out of ice box) He meets (his daughter?) on the park bench.
He then goes home, in modern Britain, to eat...a cold can of baked beans.
Please, please, follow this link
Is this Roger - the labourer - but now calling himself Eric?
Remember that Roger Morris was born in London on 19 April 1695, the son of Owen
Morris. He is said to have been involved as a foreman bricklayer in the
building of Hanover and Grosvenor Squares. The first record of his work
as a builder was in 1724 when he took the lease of a plot of land on the
Harley estate in Oxford Street and built a house for himself. He still
described himself as a bricklayer at that date. By 1730 when he built a
larger house for himself in Green Street he was described by the rate
collector as a ‘gentleman’. He was later involved in speculative
building developments in Argyll Street in 1736 and on the approaches to
Westminster Bridge in 1740-42
Has Roger come out of hibernation too early, mistaking the 27th of May for the 4th July?
Stay tuned!
A blog about Roger Morris - architect
Lydiard house = Roger's house?
In an earlier post we hypothesised that Roger Morris was in fact living - secretly - at Lydiard House. What we did not consider was the FORM that Roger might now be.
For example - would he be in solid human form?
Could he be a ghost?
Might he be 'dead' but 'frozen' only to be reawakened?
We went there at night - this is what we found....
For example - would he be in solid human form?
Could he be a ghost?
Might he be 'dead' but 'frozen' only to be reawakened?
We went there at night - this is what we found....
Could, in fact, Roger Morris (architect) be living here?
Instead of living in an ice box, could Roger Morris in fact be living in the house he built?
Marble Hill House (architect Roger Morris) is on northern banks of River Thames, situated halfway between Richmond and Twickenham, UK. Marble Hill House is a beautiful 18th Century Palladian Villa.
Doubts as to Roger Morris's whereabouts!
There has been some speculation that Roger Morris is either a) being preserved in an icebox for release on 4/5 July b) is reincarnated as a homeless person c) neither (a) nor (b) and he is in fact dead.
Previous posts have shown a homeless person who may well be Roger Morris. He does not speak so perhaps he has not mastered modern thought, word and deed?
Today we were sent the photo below that seems to bear an uncanny resemblance to the homeless person - who may or may not be Roger Morris.
Who is the girl? Could iit be his daughter or even his wife - reincarnated? Morris married twice: first to Mary who died in 1729 by whom he had two sons and then to Elizabeth Jackson in 1731, daughter of Sir Philip Jackson of Richmond, Surrey, by whom he had one son and four daughters. His eldest son succeeded him in the post of Master Carpenter to the Ordnance and lived as a gentleman in Surrey. His daughters all married well.
We will investigate further!
Previous posts have shown a homeless person who may well be Roger Morris. He does not speak so perhaps he has not mastered modern thought, word and deed?
Today we were sent the photo below that seems to bear an uncanny resemblance to the homeless person - who may or may not be Roger Morris.
Who is the girl? Could iit be his daughter or even his wife - reincarnated? Morris married twice: first to Mary who died in 1729 by whom he had two sons and then to Elizabeth Jackson in 1731, daughter of Sir Philip Jackson of Richmond, Surrey, by whom he had one son and four daughters. His eldest son succeeded him in the post of Master Carpenter to the Ordnance and lived as a gentleman in Surrey. His daughters all married well.
We will investigate further!
Roger Morris - architect....but what do architects do?
Architects design all kinds of buildings. They design schools and
skyscrapers. They design hospitals and hotels. They also design
churches, train stations and plain old regular houses.
Any building that is used by people was probably designed by some architect.
Okay then, but what does the word "design" mean? A design is simply a plan. Before constructing a building, an architect needs to draw a plan of the building. Sometimes architects will make a cardboard or plastic model of the building.
The building is then built by a construction company which follows the directions of the plans for the building. The architect will closely supervise the construction company to make sure that the building is built according to the plans.
Okay then, but but what does an architect do when he or she draws up a plan?
Architects have to thnk of many things before they draw up the plans for a building. First they have to think about what the building will be used for. How many people are going to use the building at the same time? What types of activities will these people do in the building?
An office building will need lots of small rooms for offices. A school will need many medium-sized rooms for classrooms. And a train station will need one larger room for hundreds of people to pass thru at the same time.
Read more here....
So what did Roger Morris, do?
Roger Morris, (1695-1749) architect, remodelled the original Anglo-Palladian villa designed at Cobham Park by John Bridges. From humble beginnings Morris became a highly influential figure in 18th century architecture, and his practice was highly prestigious. In particular, his designs at Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire (c.1728), and Inveraray Castle in Argyll (begun 1745) were highly unique and influential. A good source about his work is 'The Careers of Roger and Robert Morris' by S. Parissien, 1989.
He bult Marble Hill!
Any building that is used by people was probably designed by some architect.
Okay then, but what does the word "design" mean? A design is simply a plan. Before constructing a building, an architect needs to draw a plan of the building. Sometimes architects will make a cardboard or plastic model of the building.
The building is then built by a construction company which follows the directions of the plans for the building. The architect will closely supervise the construction company to make sure that the building is built according to the plans.
Okay then, but but what does an architect do when he or she draws up a plan?
Architects have to thnk of many things before they draw up the plans for a building. First they have to think about what the building will be used for. How many people are going to use the building at the same time? What types of activities will these people do in the building?
An office building will need lots of small rooms for offices. A school will need many medium-sized rooms for classrooms. And a train station will need one larger room for hundreds of people to pass thru at the same time.
Read more here....
So what did Roger Morris, do?
Roger Morris, (1695-1749) architect, remodelled the original Anglo-Palladian villa designed at Cobham Park by John Bridges. From humble beginnings Morris became a highly influential figure in 18th century architecture, and his practice was highly prestigious. In particular, his designs at Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire (c.1728), and Inveraray Castle in Argyll (begun 1745) were highly unique and influential. A good source about his work is 'The Careers of Roger and Robert Morris' by S. Parissien, 1989.
He bult Marble Hill!
July 4th and 5th - reappearance of Roger Morris (architect)?
July 4th is an incredibly important date. One has only to look at these important hstoric events....
The latest research we have uncovered also suggests that July 4th is the date for the re-emergence of Roger Morris (architect)!!
Morris, Roger (1695–1749). London-born architect, an important figure in the history of Palladianism, the Gothic Revival, and Castle style. A kinsman of Robert Morris, he was associated with Colen Campbell and Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, functioning as the last's amanuensis and interpreter of his architectural designs.
He appears to have assisted Campbell, notably on the designs for Goodwood House, Sussex, before collaborating with Herbert on a number of projects including Marble Hill, Twickenham, Mddx (1724–9), the White Lodge, Richmond New Park (1727–8), the Column of Victory, Blenheim Palace, Oxon. (1730–1), the Palladian Bridge at Wilton, Wilts. (1736–7), and Westcombe House, Blackheath, Kent (c.1730—demolished).
He enlarged Adderbury House, Oxon. (1831), for the 2nd Duke of Argyll (1678–1743), designed the stable-block at Althorp House, Northants. (c.1732–3), with a Tuscan portico based on Inigo Jones's St Paul's, Covent Garden, London (itself derived from Palladio), and produced his masterpiece, Inveraray Castle, Argyll (1745–60), for the 3rd Duke of Argyll (1682–1761). Earlier, he built Clearwell Castle, Glos. (c.1728) in a castellated Gothic style, but Inveraray was the precedent for a series of symmetrical Georgian ‘castles’, and may itself be derived from a sketch by Vanbrugh.
So might Roger Morris be a reincarnation?
The latest research we have uncovered also suggests that July 4th is the date for the re-emergence of Roger Morris (architect)!!
Morris, Roger (1695–1749). London-born architect, an important figure in the history of Palladianism, the Gothic Revival, and Castle style. A kinsman of Robert Morris, he was associated with Colen Campbell and Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, functioning as the last's amanuensis and interpreter of his architectural designs.
He appears to have assisted Campbell, notably on the designs for Goodwood House, Sussex, before collaborating with Herbert on a number of projects including Marble Hill, Twickenham, Mddx (1724–9), the White Lodge, Richmond New Park (1727–8), the Column of Victory, Blenheim Palace, Oxon. (1730–1), the Palladian Bridge at Wilton, Wilts. (1736–7), and Westcombe House, Blackheath, Kent (c.1730—demolished).
He enlarged Adderbury House, Oxon. (1831), for the 2nd Duke of Argyll (1678–1743), designed the stable-block at Althorp House, Northants. (c.1732–3), with a Tuscan portico based on Inigo Jones's St Paul's, Covent Garden, London (itself derived from Palladio), and produced his masterpiece, Inveraray Castle, Argyll (1745–60), for the 3rd Duke of Argyll (1682–1761). Earlier, he built Clearwell Castle, Glos. (c.1728) in a castellated Gothic style, but Inveraray was the precedent for a series of symmetrical Georgian ‘castles’, and may itself be derived from a sketch by Vanbrugh.
So might Roger Morris be a reincarnation?
Is Roger Morris in hibernation - only to reappear on July 4th and 5th?
It has now been brought to our attention that Roger Morris has been confused with Willam Adam (architect). certainly the image at the top of ths blog does look a lot like William.
Intriguingly does ths mean that Roger Morris is keeping his face and location secret only to suddenly appear on 4/5 July?
Or is the ice box simply an early form of a cyronic process?
What IS the cyronic process?
Latest figures reveal that around 150 people have had their whole body stored in liquid nitrogen in the United States, while 80 have had just their heads or brains preserved. However, there are more than 1,000 living people who have instructed companies to preserve their bodies after their death.
So the question we now ask is, Is Roger Morris (architect) currently living (i.e. preserved) in an icebox somewhere in Lydiard Park?
Intriguingly does ths mean that Roger Morris is keeping his face and location secret only to suddenly appear on 4/5 July?
Or is the ice box simply an early form of a cyronic process?
What IS the cyronic process?
When a person has been declared legally dead,
the cryonic preservation company is informed and it dispatches a
response team to attempt to keep the person's blood pumping around their
body. The body is packed in ice and injected with various chemicals in
an attempt to reduce blood clotting and damage to the brain.
Once the body reaches the cryonics facility it is cooled to
just above water's freezing point and the blood is removed and replaced
with organ preservation solution. The body's blood vessels are injected
with a cryoprotectant solution to try to stop ice crystal formation in
the organs and tissues and the corpse is cooled to -130C. The final step
is to place the body into a container which is lowered into a tank of
liquid nitrogen, kept at -196C.Latest figures reveal that around 150 people have had their whole body stored in liquid nitrogen in the United States, while 80 have had just their heads or brains preserved. However, there are more than 1,000 living people who have instructed companies to preserve their bodies after their death.
So the question we now ask is, Is Roger Morris (architect) currently living (i.e. preserved) in an icebox somewhere in Lydiard Park?
Lydiard Park - a history lesson and Roger's involvement
Lydiard Park.
Seen from the south Lydiard Park appears to be a rather grand house of the 18th century. Built of Bath stone ashlar, the south-west front has two stories and eleven bays. (fn. 99) The three central bays project slightly and those at either end are raised an additional story to form two towers with pyramidal roofs. Between the towers runs an ornamental stone balustrade, which is interrupted by a large central pediment. In the tympanum is a cartouche carved with the St. John arms with an escutcheon of Furnese. The entrance door and two of the ground-floor windows are also pedimented. The south-east front is of similar design but without the pedimented centrepiece.An inscription in the attics of the house records that it was rebuilt in 1743 by John, Viscount St. John (d. 1748), who married Anne Furnese, a wealthy heiress. But in fact the house was only in part remodelled at this date, as is immediately seen by looking at it from the back, where building of various earlier dates is visible. A small drawing of the house as it was in c. 1700, (fn. 100) coupled with examination of the interior structure, confirms that this was so and that the remodelling was applied to a house with a basically late-medieval plan, which had been extensively altered and enlarged in the 17th century. The original house consisted of a central hall block with screens passage flanked by projecting kitchen and solar wings to the west and east respectively. Small additions at either end of the house in order to enlarge the two wings were apparently made in the 17th century, and in the same century the kitchen quarters were further extended by a range of buildings at the back. By c. 1700 there was also a substantial service wing running south-westwards from the west side of the house. This has entirely disappeared. In 1743 by building a new south-west front, which filled in the recessed central part of the earlier house, Sir John St. John provided a much grander entrance and an enlarged hall.
By adding a new south-east front in the same style, Sir John ensured that his house, when seen from the park, had all the appearance of a building in the classical style of his time. The name of Sir John's architect is unknown, although Roger Morris has been suggested. The only addition made to the house since 1743 is a kitchen wing to the west, built in the mid 19th century. In the 1960s this was converted into sleeping accommodation in readiness for the use of Lydiard Park as a conference centre.
An Old Document Unearthed
Today an important discovery was made!
An old parchment was found that details the original human form that Roger Morris took. We say the 'original form' as there is also a rumour he has been reincarnated as a homeless person.
The original form:
This - we believe - is his current form:
Clearly we will have to investigate further...
An old parchment was found that details the original human form that Roger Morris took. We say the 'original form' as there is also a rumour he has been reincarnated as a homeless person.
The original form:
This - we believe - is his current form:
Is this where Roger Morris lives?
In an earlier post we hypothesised that Roger Morris was homeless.
It now appears that he might be living here:
Although others say thiis is just an ice-box.
It now appears that he might be living here:
Although others say thiis is just an ice-box.
Roger Morris - a stunning reincarnation?
A rumour has been sweeping the nternet that Roger Morris - architect - has in fact been reincarnated and is now living on the streets in Oxford.
This blog made some investgations and found this:
We do not know if this is indeed Roger Morris - architect - but we wll investigate further.
This blog made some investgations and found this:
We do not know if this is indeed Roger Morris - architect - but we wll investigate further.
Roger Morris Biography
Born in London,
Morris received thorough practical training as a bricklayer, as he was
described in 1724, when he built a house for himself on the Harley estate in Oxford Street, London, but by 1730, in a larger house he built for himself in Green Street, he was described in the rates as a 'gentleman'.[3]
On his own account he was successfully involved in speculative building
in London, which may have supported his position in life.
Professionally his career was closely bound at first with Sir Andrew Fountaine, a virtuoso and amateur architect, at Narford, and then to Colen Campbell, to whom he seems to have acted as assistant, as at Studley Royal in Yorkshire,[4] and Lord Pembroke, one of the 'architect earls'. Lord Pembroke's connoisseurship combined with Morris's practical experience produced Marble Hill House (illustration, above right) for Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, 1724–29; the White Lodge, Richmond 1727-28;[5] and, after Morris's tour to Italy with George Bubb Dodington (June 1731 - September 1732),[6] Morris completed the interiors of Sir John Vanbrugh's incomplete Eastbury House, Dorset, for Dodington, 1733-38 (the house was exploded and razed in 1775);[7] at a later date Morris designed and built a house at Hammersmith, near London, for Bubb Dodington (there a gallery was designed by Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni);[8] the Column of Victory at Blenheim Palace (illustrated, left) for Marlborough's widow, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, 1730;[9] Wimbledon House, 1732–33, also for the Duchess; the Palladian Bridge, Wilton House, 1736–37; and probably, Howard Colvin suggests, Westcombe House, Blackheath, near London, (ca 1730) which became Pembroke's own.[10] Lord Pembroke presented Morris with a silver cup in 1734 as a token of his regard for him.[11]
Morris's ability and the recommendations of his well-placed patrons secured him a post in the Office of Works,
from which all designs for the Crown emanated. The new office of Clerk
of the Works at Richmond New Park Lodge was created for him in 1727,
when he was engaged in building the structure. In 1734 he succeeded in
the post of Master Carpenter to the Office of Ordnance,[12] which was worth £2 or £3000 a year, for works at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich and elsewhere.[13] He was also appointed Surveyor to the Mint.[14]
John Morris's Palladian villa in town, at 12, Grosvenor Square (1727, for John Aislabie) has been thoroughly dissected by the Survey of London[15]
Morris's independent designs are not pale exercises in Palladianism by any means. "His villas, for example, were, and are, strikingly original in contrast to Campbell's," John Harris has observed,[16] "and Carné's Seat at Goodwood characterises the individual style Morris bestowed upon temple buildings." John Harris has demonstrated that Morris made a design for the Porter's Lodge at Wilton House,ca. 1733.[17]
Professionally his career was closely bound at first with Sir Andrew Fountaine, a virtuoso and amateur architect, at Narford, and then to Colen Campbell, to whom he seems to have acted as assistant, as at Studley Royal in Yorkshire,[4] and Lord Pembroke, one of the 'architect earls'. Lord Pembroke's connoisseurship combined with Morris's practical experience produced Marble Hill House (illustration, above right) for Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, 1724–29; the White Lodge, Richmond 1727-28;[5] and, after Morris's tour to Italy with George Bubb Dodington (June 1731 - September 1732),[6] Morris completed the interiors of Sir John Vanbrugh's incomplete Eastbury House, Dorset, for Dodington, 1733-38 (the house was exploded and razed in 1775);[7] at a later date Morris designed and built a house at Hammersmith, near London, for Bubb Dodington (there a gallery was designed by Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni);[8] the Column of Victory at Blenheim Palace (illustrated, left) for Marlborough's widow, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, 1730;[9] Wimbledon House, 1732–33, also for the Duchess; the Palladian Bridge, Wilton House, 1736–37; and probably, Howard Colvin suggests, Westcombe House, Blackheath, near London, (ca 1730) which became Pembroke's own.[10] Lord Pembroke presented Morris with a silver cup in 1734 as a token of his regard for him.[11]
John Morris's Palladian villa in town, at 12, Grosvenor Square (1727, for John Aislabie) has been thoroughly dissected by the Survey of London[15]
Morris's independent designs are not pale exercises in Palladianism by any means. "His villas, for example, were, and are, strikingly original in contrast to Campbell's," John Harris has observed,[16] "and Carné's Seat at Goodwood characterises the individual style Morris bestowed upon temple buildings." John Harris has demonstrated that Morris made a design for the Porter's Lodge at Wilton House,ca. 1733.[17]
Who was Roger Morris?
Roger Morris (19 April 1695 – 31 January 1749)[1] was an English architect whose connection with Colen Campbell[2] brought him to the attention of Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, with whom Morris collaborated on a long series of projects.
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